Paediatrics

Paediatrics is the branch of medicine which deals with the medical care of newborns (infants), children and adolescents right from birth to the age of 18.
MGM Hospital Vashi’s Pediatric team is skilled in management of various pediatric diseases, critical illnesses, developmental or birth disorders, and traumatic injuries. We have consultants with excellent medical acumen and experience.

Our team manages physical, mental and emotional well being of patients under their care during their different stages of development both in health and sickness.

Our team also ensures that they recommend appropriate ongoing treatment for their services for children with cardiac, growth and hormone problems, neurological and renal disorders, diabetes, cancer, feeding problems, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, weight problems and those who have graduated from neonatal intensive care.

We have a good team of sub specialists which includes Pediatric Surgeons, nephrologists, cardiologists, and gastroenterologist. The outpatient department includes daily clinics in general Pediatrics (including immunization) as well as other super specialization as seen in the services. MGM Hospital Vashi has also launched Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program and Speech Language Pathology services.

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Highlights

  • The team has several times been successful in saving lives of very very low birth weight, prematurely delivered newborns thus bringing smiles to several families.
  • The pediatric department in MGM Hospital Vashi has one of the best reputations for the management of children from birth till 18 years of age and also has highly skilled doctors in each subspecialty. We offer hope during medically trying times and provide the much-needed support, education and counseling to the parents.
Paediatrics

The paediatric department has a well equipped neonatal intensive care unit and private and general wards. We at MGM Hospital Vashi have a state of the art NICU with highly sophisticated ventilators, facility for bedside X-rays and sonography, LED phototherapy units, transport incubators etc. for utmost care of newborns.

Newborn babies who need intensive medical attention are often admitted into this special area of the hospital called the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In cases when a baby may be born preterm, or is faced with serious illness, our department has supported the most critical cases and ensured your precious one is always in the safest hands. We ensure every baby leaves MGM Hospital Vashi in the healthiest condition in the shortest possible time.

Services & Subspecifications

Neonatology
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic
Allergy Specialist
General Paediatrics and Vaccination
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Developmental Pediatrics
Pediatric Dentist
Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
Pediatric Cardiology
Speech Language Pathology
Adolescent Mental Health Clinic
Pediatric Urologist

Technology & Infrastructure

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MGM Hospital Vashi is a multidisciplinary hospital with state-of-the-art Level III NICU facility which helps in bringing out the best outcomes. Our team of pediatricians and specially trained nurses are always available at hand for all emergencies ensuring the overall care of all patients seeking medical attention.

  • Fully equipped with monitoring facilities and radiant warmers
  • Experienced technicians and blood gas analysers assist in ventilator management of babies
  • State of the art Baby warmers and phototherapy units with inbuilt safety features
  • Best screening technologies for accurate audiological evaluations
  • Best speech language pathology therapies
Our Specialists
FAQs
Why do children get so many immunisations?

Number of immunisations are required to protect the child against the most serious infections during first few years of life. The immune system in young children does not work as well as the immune system in older children and adults, because it is still immature. Therefore more doses of vaccine are needed. In the first months of life, a baby is protected from most infectious diseases by antibodies from his/her his mother, which are transferred to the baby during pregnancy. When these antibodies wear off, the baby is at risk of serious infections and so the first immunisations are given before these antibodies have gone. Another reason why children get many immunisations is that new vaccines against serious infections continue to be developed. The number of injections is reduced by the use of combination vaccines, where several vaccines are combined into one shot.

How often should my child see Paediatrician?
Your child should not only see the paediatrician for an illness. It is also important to schedule well-child-care exams regularly, beginning in infancy. Also called well-care visits or checkups, these routine examinations provide the best opportunity for the doctor to observe the progress of your child’s physical and mental growth and development; to counsel and teach parents; to detect problems through screening tests; to provide immunizations, and to get to know one another. Well-care visits are strongly recommended as part of preventive paediatric care.