Department of Pediatrics
Children are the future heritage of every nation who is going to take responsibility of the various aspects in near future. For this universally accepted concept, health and wellbeing of every child is the top priority of nation. Due to poverty, unemployment and illiteracy, pediatric population are deprived of basic, essential and emergency health services in developing and resource limited nations like Nepal. To address and solve this urgency, RAHS has been regarding pediatrics department as special part of hospital services since its establishment.
With the mission of ‘Dedicated to serve every child with trust and love’, Department of Pediatrics has been providing quality, evidence based, point of care and patient centered care for different age group of children who visit RAHS from wide geography of western Nepal with firm belief and expectations.
Available services
- Outpatient service
General Pediatrics: Sunday, Thursday and Friday
Pulmonology: Monday and Wednesday
Neonatology: Tuesday and Thursday
- Inpatient services
- General pediatric ward: 10 bed
- Neonatal Intensive Care: 8 bed
- Pediatric Intensive Care: 8 bed
- Nutrition Rehabilitation Home: 6 bed
- Emergency Service
Three pediatric friendly beds with monitors are allocated in the newly opened well equipped ER where stabilization and transfer to respective service will takes place.
Faculty:
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deepak Raj Paudel, HoD
- Lecturer, Dr. Baburam Pandey
Department Head Email address: hod.paedia@rahs.edu.np