Neonatology is a subspecialty of paediatrics that deals with the medical management of newborn infants, especially the sick babies or premature newborn. If you have a high-risk pregnancy, a small preemie or a newborn baby with critical medical needs, you want to be assured that there’s a team in place ready to care for these smallest patients. NICU, at Medicover provides your baby a complete, highly specialized care by a professional and dedicated team of healthcare providers, in a gentle, nurturing environment. Our NICU and neonatal unit services include:
- Advanced Level III NICU care for premature and low birth weight neonates
- Special care for Very low birth weight and Extremely low birth weight neonates
- CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and NIV (non-invasive ventilation)
- Conventional and High Frequency Ventilation
- Monitoring and support of vital functions not available in a general pediatric department or community hospital
- Specialty medical and surgical care for all neonates – inborn and outborn
- Neonatal care after surgery
- Therapeutic hypothermia or Cerebral cooling (for newborns with hypoxic brain injury)
- Continuous hemodynamic monitoring
- Neonatal echocardiography and neurosonography
Our Neonatology Services
- Neonatal Emergencies
- NICU – Level II & Level III care
- Well baby care
- Vaccinations
- Phototherapy
- Lactation guidance
- Specialized neonatal transport
- Hearing evaluations
- Genetic and metabolic evaluation
- Eye evaluations for ROP
- Neonatal Neurodevelopment Follow-Up Clinic
- NICU support services for families
- Private Breast-feeding Rooms
- Cord blood banking
All these, in addition to routine newborn care like feeding support, kangaroo care and growth monitoring of neonates
Areas Of Expertise
- Preterm baby care, < 430 Gms
- Incubator care
- Pediatric and Neonatal Ventilation, ALS
- Rare disease diagnosis and management
- Neonatal Echocardiography
- Developmentally Supportive Care
Department Highlights
- Level III NICU
- Fully equipped PICU
- Round the clock Pediatricians availability
- State-of-the-art-infrastructure
