About Department

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

The Department of Pediatrics, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal provides health care services to newborns and children upto age of 14 years for all Pediatric Medical conditions. The Department consists of a team of qualified and experienced Pediatrics doctors and a dedicated and qualified nursing team for compassionate and loving care to children.

Patient care:

The Department consists of two Pediatric Units (30 bedded each) plus 14 bedded tertiary care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a 10 bedded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). NICU takes care of intramural neonates (both term and low birth weight newborns) upto one month of age while PICU takes care of critically ill children of age group one month to 14 years.  In addition to these, the department runs daily OPDs (Monday to Saturday) on all working days and specialty clinics as listed below:

Teaching:

The undergraduate students are taught as per the new CBME Curriculum of NMC and are assessed frequently via theory, clinical ward leaving and OSCE. The students’s logbooks are regularly maintained and assesseed. Interns are posted in different clinical areas of the Department and a logbook is maintained which is periodically assessed by faculty. The Postgraduates once the course is approved will be having ample opportunity to learn and acquire clinical and procedural skills with respect to Pediatrics.

Faculty: