General Paediatrics

Equipped with advanced facilities for child & adolescent care, the Department of Paediatrics at Aster Women and Children Hospital provides quality care and best-in-class treatment for sick infants and children up to the age of 18 years. 

Our team consists of highly skilled and dedicated professionals who provide expert treatment and consultation in several fields of Paediatric medicine including general paediatrics, paediatric emergencies, paediatric critical care and neonatal intensive care services. 

General Paediatric services

Routine Pediatric  out-patient (OPD) services are available daily from 9 AM- 8 PM at Aster Women & Children’s. These include attending to children with sickness as well as vaccination services for children of the age group of 0-18 yrs, along with routine checks on growth and development of the child. Our primary focus areas are - 

• Ambulatory Pediatrics
• General Health and Preventive checks from newborns till 18 years of age
• Growth and Development care
• Essential newborn care
• Infectious disease, and seasonal illness 
• Family-centered care with a special focus on community outreach
• Parental education, and counselling to distressed children and extended family

If any child is found to have an issue that needs further referral to any Speciality, then the child is referred to that particular Speciality in the Department of Pediatrics. Pediatric specialists in the fields of Cardiology, ENT, Endocrinology, Hematology, Intensive care, Neonatology, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Pulmonology, Rheumatology and Pediatric surgery are presently available at Aster Women & Children’s. If any input or intervention from Pediatric surgery is required, the child is referred to Pediatric Surgery department. In addition, Aster Child Development Centre has trained specialists in the field of Pediatric Physiotherapy, Psychology, Speech therapy and Behavioural therapy.