Pediatrics


PAEDIATRICS

The Department of Pediatrics at Aster Al Raffah Hospitals & Clinics Oman provides comprehensive, world-class, pediatric care. At every instance we understand that treating a sick child is more than doing tests, giving medicine or performing surgery. We pride ourselves in providing holistic care for children and their families. The department has a strong coordinated comprehensive force in administration, clinical, educational, policy, quality improvement and research initiation. We provide family centered patient care and a healing environment to sick babies.

The department has a faculty of highly skilled and experienced pediatricians, each and every one of whom is dedicated to the care of children, from the tiniest premature infant to the critically ill child. Assisted by a team of well qualified, experienced and specially trained nurses and other support staff, our specialists provide standard evidence based safest and most effective quality care. At Aster Al Raffah Hospitals & Clinics Oman, we believe that patients and their families should have access to high quality healthcare at a centre that they trust.

The services of Pediatrics Department include:

  • Screening and early detection of congenital disorders
  • Management of feeding disorders in children with focus on underweight cases.
  • Management of asthma and skin allergies
  • Growth and development monitoring
  • Emergency paediatric services
  • New born screening tests
  • General paediatric master checkups
  • Paediatric Critical Care
  • Close support to paediatric surgery and paediatric orthopedic surgery (for selected cases only)
  • Vaccinations as per the DHA guidelines
  • Pediatric Registrars
    • Cover emergency paediatric cases
    • Attend all deliveries for essential newborn care unto resuscitation
  • Paediatric Specialists/Consultants
    • Treat critically ill children
    • Available at the OPD on an appointment basis
  • OPD Services
    • Screening of mental health disorders
    • Parental guidance
    • Nutrition education
    • Quality healthcare education
    • Multi-disciplinary approach to children with chronic and complex medical problems
  • Critical Care Inpatient Services
    • Counselling services for emotional and behavioral disorders
    • 11 rooms for paediatric IP for children with critical illnesses

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