BANGLADESH SHISHU HOSPITAL & INSTITUTE

Pledged to protect Child Health

GENERAL PEDIATRICS

Department of General Paediatrics

The Department of General Paediatrics was established and recognized in Department 2011 . The Department deals with all types of sick children and gives medical emergency services and critical care management from neonates to adolescents. The station of the unit is in the 1st floor (Ward-4), Block-A which is the nonpaying ward. Ten free beds are allocated for this unit where patients are managed carefully and meticulously. Apart from the non-paying ward, patients are also seen in different paying wards as well as the cabins and PICU. On an average 150 patients are admitted in this unit per month and the cure rate is about 97.3%. In our department there is an integrated approach to patient care and helps to limit the volume of referral to other subspecialty departments.Various researches are conducted in this unit. There have been many prestigious publications from this department at home and abroad.

Name & Designation
Qualification
Prof. (Dr.) Farid Ahmed
Professor
Dr. Akhand Tanzih Sultana
Associate Professor
Dr. Rowshan Jahan Akter
Assistant Professor
Dr. Farhana Ahmed
Registrar Incharge
Dr. Saenat Hoque
Resident Medical Officer
Dr. Shekufe Zaman
Resident Medical Officer
Dr. Md. Sohel Parvez
Resident Medical Officer
Services

In patient services to all types of acute, chronic and congenital diseases of children.
Outpatient consultancy at every Sunday.Follow up clinic at every Saturday.

Procedures – Gastric Lavage, MT, Sweat Chloride Test,
Pleural Fluid Aspiration, Ascitic Fluid Aspiration, CSF Study, Bone Marrow Aspiration, Supra pubic puncture, Urethral catheterization, Swab collection etc.

In addition 4 faculty members are engaged in training and teaching of post graduate students like DCH, FCPS, MD,MS.