The Department of Pediatrics, KMCH

KMCH provides outstanding educational opportunities, delivers high quality comprehensive clinical care and service, advocates vigorously for children and adolescents

The Department of Pediatrics at KMCH was established in 1993 and promotes the health of children and adolescents with a balanced programme that seeks new knowledge through research, provides outstanding educational opportunities, delivers high quality comprehensive clinical care and service, advocates vigorously for children and adolescents, and is responsive to the changing needs of our community and society. Our dedicated faculty have earned national and international recognition for their accomplishments.

Education

Today’s training programmes provide optimal preparation for tomorrow’s leaders. The institute offers highly regarded training programmes and continuing medical education programmes. They have a successful Diplomate of National Board training programme for young aspiring doctors. Their curriculum and training is focused on learning a systematic and complete approach to evaluating children who have unexplored complaints. The paediatric emergency medicine experience focuses on strengthening communication with families, strengthening physical examination skills, learning the judicious use of diagnostic tests and working efficiently in a fast-paced environment. This experience also focuses on skills vital to the treatment of serious medical problems and on the rapid stabilisation of patients with life-threatening illness.

Paediatric emergency services

The Department of Pediatrics at KMCH provides comprehensive emergency services for over 6000 children and adolescents annually. Services are available for a wide variety of complaints including:

• Fever
• Respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses
• Poisonings, including environmental toxins
• Major and minor trauma, including head injury
• Suspected child abuse and neglect
• Abdominal emergencies
• Behavioural and psychiatric emergencies

Our areas of expertise include the initial stabilisation and management of critically and acutely ill paediatric patients with medical, traumatic and surgical illness. This includes, but is not limited to: respiratory distress, fever, fractures, laceration repair, abdominal pain, vomiting,dehydration, and seizures.