Pediatric ward: The paediatric ward has 22 general beds that include 4 Pediatric high dependency beds, one cubicle with 6 beds for stable newborns, especially for rooming-in babies with their mothers. The paediatric ward is located on the first floor of the hospital ward block. There is a 24/7 availability of medics and nurses.

PICU/NICU: The Pediatric/neonatal intensive care unit is a mixed unit, comprising 8 beds and one isolation bed. It is located on the second floor of the hospital. The unit is looked after by a team comprising a Pediatric intensivist, pediatric consultants, postgraduate pediatric trainees (DNB), PICU/NICU-trained nurses, and hospital assistants. The unit focuses on providing standard, holistic, and evidence-based care to all patients, and ensures in treating all patients and their relatives with dignity and respect. The unit strictly practices hand hygiene and anti-septic non-touch technique (ANTT) to prevent hospital-acquired infection.

The unit is well trained and equipped to manage critically ill newborns including premature, very low, and extremely low birth weight babies; and critically ill children from the age of 1 month up to 16 years of age, including surgical/trauma cases.

The services provided are:

• Conventional paediatric and neonatal ventilation
• Non-invasive bubble CPAP
• High-flow nasal cannula oxygen
• Regular monitoring of blood gas
• Invasive blood pressure monitoring
• Etco2 monitoring for all ventilated patients
• Procedures such as peritoneal dialysis, ultrasound-guided vascular access; chest tube insertion, exchange transfusion
• Hemodialysis (for bigger children)
• Bedside X-rays, ultrasound
• Bed side Echocardiography