Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College Bhopal is running MD Pediatrics course from the year 1970 with 5 MD seats and since then the department has increased MD seats to 19 post graduate students per year.
The department of Pediatrics has bed strength of 200 beds with a daily OPD patients rate of 180-190. Department caters to all the nearby districts of Bhopal along with out of district referrals also.
The Department is committed to conduct research activities both for the learning of undergraduates and post graduate students along with better insight into various diseases. There are various research projects undergoing in department in collaboration with John Hopkins, University USA, ICMR and AIIMS.
The department is committed to uplift the status of medical education of both undergraduates and postgraduates by the use of newer teaching methodology, so that the knowledge and skills acquired by them during their training period can be disseminated to the rest of the country. Meaningful scientific research is a key goal of department’s academics in synchrony with the Institute’s mandate.
The department has 16 full time devoted faculty members, 5 senior residents and 57 post graduate residents. The department provides ambulatory General OPD, 24 hours emergency and inpatient care with facility for dedicated pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit.
The department has currently 30 bedded SNCU, 20 bedded maternal neonatal unit, 15 bedded PICU, with tertiary level healthcare 120 bedded pediatric wards.
The department has initiated the very first Maternal Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with purpose of providing Family Participatory Care (FPC).
The department runs specialty clinic such as pediatric Hematology, Asthma, Nephrology, endocrinology, cardiology, and neurodevelopment clinic daily in the afternoon.
The department has established Regional Early Intervention Centre NHM and RBSK catering to provide specialized support and services for infants and young children at risk or with disability and / or development delay including occupational physiotherapy, hearing screening, speech therapy.
