Department of Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, delivers healthcare to children through Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, and the Dr. T.M.A. Pai Health Complex at Udupi and Karkala, and offers the MD Paediatrics program. The department functions as four units — three general paediatrics units and one neonatal unit, each headed by a professor — and integrates inpatient, outpatient, and newborn care with community outreach, teaching, and research. Residents train within an ISO 9001:2008-certified and NABH-accredited hospital, gaining exposure to quality healthcare practices alongside core paediatric training.

Highlights

Multifaceted department with well-developed sub-speciality services in Neurology, Epilepsy and Developmental Paediatrics, Haematology–Oncology, Nutrition, Obesity, Asthma, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Learning Disability, HIV, Endocrinology, Child Palliative Care, and Cardiology.

Serves as a referral centre supporting weekly and monthly outreach programs across surrounding regions.

Has trained more than 600 postgraduates who practise nationally and internationally, two of whom have become national President of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics.

Conducts a long-running school health program covering around 1.2 lakh children and has trained approximately 15,000 anganwadi workers (278 batches) over the last decade.

Faculty have contributed to the Ayushman Bharat national program by developing treatment protocols for paediatric illness, and to reducing infant mortality in Udupi district to among the lowest in India (7.5 per 1,000).