Pediatric Emergency Services
Upon your arrival in the pediatric emergency department at Siddhi Memorial Hospital, our staff at the emergency department will identify which patients are the most acutely ill and requires immediate attention. In an emergency department, it is extremely important that we treat the most acutely ill or injured patients first.
Our staff will ensure that children with minor illness or injury also are treated as quickly as possible. We will make every effort to provide treatment as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding. In general, children are seen in the order in which they arrive.
Open – 24hrs a day, seven days a week
Capacity: 6 beds and 1 Procedure Room
Emergency Ticket: Rs. 300 only
Children we treat:
In emergency, we provide care from newly born to child up to 18 years old
Our 6 bedded ED is equipped with essential syringe pumps, monitors, baby warmer etc. and it comprises 6 beds including 1 in the procedure room. Children receive the best possible care for emergency illnesses and injuries.
Common cases we see in this department are
Surgical cases are seen in this department:
Procedures:
Common procedures are Incision and drainage, cut injury repairs, foreign body removal, minor & major dressing, burn dressing etc.
In our ED Doctors & pediatricians (MD in Pediatrics) are available 24 hours who are supported by Senior Pediatricians and Pediatric Surgeons 24 hours.
Care at Emergency:
In the Emergency Department, a doctor or team of doctors and nurses will care for you. Our trained nurse will ask you about your child’s problem. Your child’s temperature and weight will also be checked. You may have to undergo X-rays, blood work, or other tests. You will need to wait for the results of any tests you have. You also may wait to see a doctor who specializes in treating your problem. If your condition changes, let your doctor or nurse know right away. Your child may be admitted to the hospital if he or she is very ill or need further evaluation or treatment. But they often can be treated right in the ER.
Before discharge from ER, you will be given written instructions about how to care for your child and prescriptions for any medications your child may need. Be sure to ask your doctor or nurse if you have any questions about the care your child received, additional instructions about the care your child may need after ER discharge, or about the prescriptions.
Orthopedic Service:
We have orthopedic doctor available 24 hours in case of emergency. Our duty doctor will do the primary care and examination and the orthopedic doctor will be informed accordingly.
About PEWS
Pediatric Early Warning Signs (PEWS) are clinical manifestations that indicate rapid deterioration in pediatric patients, infancy to adolescence. PEWS Score or PEWS System are objective assessment tools that incorporate the clinical manifestations that have the greatest impact on patient outcome.
At Siddhi, we have adopted the widely accepted early warning scoring system to assess sick children in the ER or the Ward. This tool is employed to identify children who are at risk of deterioration to prevent intensive care admission or cardio-respiratory arrest. The parameters we consider are pulse rate, respiratory rate, capillary refill time, oxygen saturation, supplemental oxygen requirement, and level of consciousness. The patients are classified as Green, Yellow, Orange and Red and are prioritized for treatment.
The PEWS has significantly improved the objective identification of the overall status of sick children presenting to Siddhi Memorial Hospital. Consequently, there has been a significant improvement in the quality of communication within the medical teams and a decrease in morbidity and mortality of patients.
Service Hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours
Obstetrics & Gynecology Emergency
We have 24-hour Emergency services with on-duty and on-call Gynecologists available 24 hours every day. Well-trained anesthesiologists and nurses are available round-the-clock for all kinds of emergency services including emergency normal delivery, painless vaginal delivery, emergency caesarean sections as well as all kind of emergency laparoscopic & open gynae surgeries.
Surgeries we do:
