Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Kolkata

The highly advanced Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Manipal Hospitals Mukundapur is exclusively dedicated to offering comprehensive and individualized treatment for children who are critically ill. With modern technology and an experienced group of nurses, assistants, and pediatric intensivists, the PICU ensures the best medical care possible for young patients with life-threatening conditions. The department operates alongside various pediatric specialities to deliver customized treatment plans, with a focus on a multidisciplinary approach. It can handle a variety of health emergencies with its sophisticated monitoring systems, ventilation systems, and other critical care equipment. In addition to providing life-saving interventions, the PICU's adept and caring medical team are also dedicated to offering the families emotional support during trying times. The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Manipal Hospitals Mukundapur is an outstanding representation of paediatric critical care in the area because of its dedication to quality and child-centred methods.

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Why Manipal?

The standout features of our PICU are state-of-the-art infrastructure, qualified and experienced Pediatric Intensivists available round the clock, Child-friendly dedicated Pediatric trained nurses and a child-friendly environment which makes the treatment for children and their families less stressful.

The PICU offers a full range of monitoring and support services for critically unwell children requiring intensive care for General and other specialities including Respiratory, Neurosurgery, Malignancy, Head Injury, multi-trauma, Liver, Renal, ENT, Paediatric Surgery, and other multidisciplinary facilities. We have a variety of ventilators to provide individualized ventilator strategies appropriate to the care of each child.

The PICU also provides intensive care for children requiring high-frequency ventilators, inhaled Nitric Oxide therapy, hemodialysis, plasma exchange, and ECMO thereby known as the Supra-Regional Referral Center for other PICUs. We also have a dedicated specialised retrieval team that can provide a safe transfer of your child from referral centres.

We follow international standards in infection control and patient safety with zero tolerance for any lapses to ensure complete safety for children admitted to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Mukundapur.

Our paediatric intensive unit is a level III B centre with state-of-the-art infrastructure and a multidisciplinary team comprising dedicated Paediatric Intensive Care specialists and trained PICU nurses who understand the nuances of managing critically ill children and provide holistic care.

The centre has senior and junior medical experts in all aspects of paediatric care including:

Paediatric Surgery
Paediatric Pulmonology
Paediatric Cardiology
Paediatric Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Paediatric Endocrinology
Paediatric Gastroenterology
Paediatric Spine Care
Paediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery
Paediatric Liver and Pancreatic disorders
Paediatric Oncology
Paediatric Airway services and Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
Paediatric Infectious disease
Paediatric Nephrology and Renal Transplant for Children
Paediatric Urology
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Pediatric Liver Transplant services

Facilities & Services

Services provided at our PICU in Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road Mukundapur include:

All aspects of Paediatric Care including Paediatric Surgery, Pulmonology, Cardiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Liver and Pancreatic disorders, Airway services, ENT, Infectious disease, Nephrology, Urology, Orthopaedics, and Ophthalmology.

All medical and surgical conditions pertaining to critically ill children.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Services (ECMO).

Invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring.

Cardiac output monitoring.

Renal replacement therapy.

Mechanical ventilation.

24/7 lab support.

In-house blood bank and imaging facilities.

Neuro-rehabilitation and Physiotherapy services.