• Our smallest baby weighed 500gm and was 25 weeks preterm. More than 6000 babies have been treated successfully
• High standard of care: 1:1 nursing care with a resident pediatrician 24X7 to attend all deliveries at the hospital.
• Senior consultant available round-the-clock for expert care.
• The Neonatal unit is equipped with all the latest gadgets and equipment for neonatal care
• Treatment of a full spectrum of neonatal medical and surgical diseases.

Neonatal services:

• Neonatal intensive care unit with ventilation, CPAP units, HFNC units.
• Antenatal counseling
• Retinopathy of Prematurity screening
• Hearing screening - OAE
• USG cranium
• Functional echocardiography
• Lactation counseling
• Kangaroo Mother Care
• Neonatal surgery by senior pediatric surgeons
• Neonatal transport services available 24X7
• Immunisation
• Follow up clinics - Neurodevelopment and Early Stimulation Clinic
• Cardiac Screening - By pulse oximetry for heart disease
• Newborn screening for congenital cataract by direct ophthalmoscopy
• Universal newborn screening for congenital diseases
• Tandem Mass Spectrometry for inborn errors of metabolism

Unit structure

• 12 bedded state of the art NICU
• 8 Ventilator beds with air/ oxygen/ suction ports
• Separate inborn and out born units
• 2 isolation cots
• Luxurious mother rooms
• Consulting and counseling room
• Breastfeeding and kangaroo mother care
• CPAP + HFNC Units
• Continuous positive airway pressure devices and high flow nasal cannula units
• Delivery room CPAP
• INSURE technique of surfactant administration

Uniqe features

• 24 hours on site presence of trained Neonatal Consultant
• Conventional and High Frequency Ventilation, Volume guarantee ventilation
• In house blood gas machine
• Ultrasound machine for Neonatal functional ECHO and Cranial ultrasound
• Excellent transport facilities with transport incubator and fully equipped ambulance
• Dedicated Neonatal transport consultant for ambulance transfers throughout Kerala
• Closed incubators for extremely premature infants
• Dedicated Neonatal nursing staff and doctors
• Parenteral nutrition therapy
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Special appreciation by NABH audit team