Pediatric ICU
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Vatsalya Shishu Hospital Ajmer has one of the best-equipped along with trained staff in the Ajmer led by the team of Pediatric Intensivists who are available 24x7 on floor to take care of critically ill children.
PICU is 14 bedded unit along with 6 bedded High Dependency Unit (HDU) with world class infrastructure to make our unit the safest and cleanest unit in the state with all high end equipment. We also have an elite team of pediatric specialists in more than 10 super-specialties which include Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hematology and nutrition, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric ENT, and Pediatric Orthopedics. We also have dieticians, occupational and physical therapists, speech therapists, who are specially trained in pediatric care in PICU. Well trained, skilled and experienced nurses form the backbone of our services.
Our PICU staff and doctors have extensive knowledge, skills, expertise and experience to assess and treat patients quickly to show the best outcomes possible from critical illness or injury that requires special care.
Our Salient features of PICU are following which makes us different from other units:
- Whole PICU area is provided with special air handling units and HEPA filters to maintain bacteria and smell free air circulation.
- Infection Control team is actively involved in continuous training for health care providers in infection control practices.
- PICU is equipped with state of the art digital gadgets for point of care monitoring.
- The facilities include latest cardiac multipara monitors, On floor 2D echo and ultrasound machines for point of care ultrasound in ICU, continuous Video EEG monitoring, hemodialysis machine, CRRT etc.
- Only centre in Rajasthan having complete Pediatric dialysis, Nephrology and Pediatric Urology services available 24x7 with high end CRRT for very sick children, metabolic disease and poisoning.
- We have the highly advanced ventilators, High Frequency Oscillators (HFOV) and Nitric Oxide delivery services.
- Isolation rooms (positive pressure and negative pressure) facilities to cater to children with highly infectious (H1N1 flu, COVID, chickenpox, tuberculosis), severe burns & immunosuppression.
Advanced Pediatric Trauma team (Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric surgeon, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Pediatric Neurologist and Pediatric Orthopedician) 24x7 available
Collectively, these facilities make us probably leader in Pediatric Critical care in Ajmer with best outcome rates as compared with international standards.
