Why Renai
Renai is blessed with one of the state of the art Neonatology departments in the state, where evidence based medicine is practised.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 18 Bedded Level III Neonatal Intensive care Unit equipped for the care of extreme preterms and high risk neonates
- Well trained NICU doctors and nurses
FACILITIES:
INTENSIVE CARE SERVICES:- Facilities for invasive ventilation including conventional mandatory ventilation, high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) &volume targeted ventilation
- Inhaled nitric oxide therapy
- Non- invasive positive pressure ventilation
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
- Heated humidified high flow nasal cannula
- Surfactant administration including Least Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA)
- Neonatal neurocritical care facilities
- Therapeutic hypothermia- Mira Cradle
- Continuous video EEG monitoring with appropriate backup from pediatric neurology services
- Strict adherence to neuroprotection bundle for preterms as well as term babies
- Point of care ultrasound including neurosonogram, lung ultrasound, targeted neonatal echocardiography etc
- Central line insertion including umbilical lines, percutaneously inserted central catheters (PICC) etc
- Intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring
- Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) therapy
- Pre and postoperative care of neonates requiring surgery
- Facilities for phototherapy
- Family integrated care involving care of the NICU babies with family partnership
- Lactation Support and early kangaroo mother care and kangaroo father care in the NICU
- Early developmental supportive care
- Retinopathy of prematurity screening and intervention facilities like LASER and intravitreal injections by experienced retina specialist
PERINATOLOGY SERVICES:
- Antenatal counselling and fetal medicine services in liaison with obstetrician, neonatologist and fetal medicine specialist
- 24 x 7 availability of NRP trained personnel for resuscitation of high risk neonates including extreme preterms
NEONATAL SCREENING SERVICES:
- Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart disease
- Thyroid screening
- Newborn metabolic screen
- Hearing screen by Otoacoustic emission or brainstem evoked response audiometry as indicated
- Screening for retinopathy of prematurity
- Neuroimaging for preterms and high risk neonates
- Neonatal echocardiography services
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT:
- Lactation Counselling services
- involvement in Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
NEONATAL TRASPORT SERVICES:
- Facilities for Neonatal Transport of out born babies including well equipped ambulance services and trained personnel
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
- Educational programs like IAP Neonatology Fellowship and DNB Pediatrics
- Involvement in research activities with international collaboration
- Organised national and international conferences, workshops and trainings
- NEONEUROCRITICON 2020 in January 2020 – ‘First International Conference on Neonatal Neuromonitoring, Neuroimaging and Neuroprotection in India’ in collaboration with University of Calgary, Canada
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider Training Organised in October 2019 with IAP NRPFGM
- ‘Sonographic Clinical Assessment of Newborn’ SCAN Worshop in January 2019 jointly organised with University of Calgary, Canada
Doctors
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Dr. Sakeer V. T
MBBS, MD, MRCPCH (UK), RCPSC Sub Specialist Affiliate- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Sr. Consultant – Paediatrics & Neonatology
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Dr. Rani Ameena Bashir
MBBS, MD, DNB (Paed), MNAMS, FRCPCH (UK), RCPSC Sub Specialist Affiliate- Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine
Sr. Consultant - Paediatrics & Neonatology
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Dr. Twinkle Venugopal
MBBS, MD, (Paediatrics), Fellowship in Neonatology
Specialist - Paediatrics & Neonatology
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