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What is neonatal intensive care unit ?

When newborn babies fall ill, they require specialized care, with equipment and drugs in ways much different from the way adults are treated. Not only are minute doses of medicines required, the equipment like ventilators, etc., are designed specially to suit the small lungs of the babies. When babies are born in many advances of the date on which they were due, they are all the smaller, demanding more care, and more prone to infections.

IHLS NICU unit is equipped with the latest advancement in biomedical and healthcare technology, and boasts of the following facilities:
  • 35 bedded Level III NICU capable of caring sick and premature newborn infants as tiny as weighing 500 gms or delivered in the 6th month of pregnancy.
  • Designed as per National Neonatology Forum [ NNF ] and International guidelines
  • Separate intensive care area, isolation area, level I, II and III care, KMC and breastfeeding area, Central oxygen/Air/Suction
  • Round the clock in-house qualified Neonatologists with expertise and experience
  • Various types of ventilators with conventional and advanced modes
  • High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV): innovative ventilation modes which operate at very fast rates as high as 1200 breaths/min
  • CPAP and HHHFNC respiratory support system
  • Surfactant Therapy
  • Imported servo controlled warmers, incubators, single and double surface phototherapy, LED phototherapy
  • Total parenteral nutrition
  • Exchange transfusion
  • Management of surgical problems in newborn
  • Pathology facilities: Autoanalyzer, ABG machine with electrolytes and ionic calcium, Dry chemistry analyzer
  • Portable X-ray
  • Portable: USG, Doppler, Echocardiography, EEG
  • Portable OAE- Hearing Screening
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening
  • Transcutaneous bilirubinometry [ Jaundice meter ]
  • Neurosensory stimulation for high-risk babies and developmentally supportive care
  • Personalized support for parents and families in times of stress
  • 24x7 dedicated “Neonatal Ambulance” that is equipped with transport ventilator and attended by Neonatologists / Pediatricians and support staff.