Welcoming your baby into the world feels like a rush of energy and emotions. If your baby requires special medical care you could feel worried, unsure, anxious, or even like you’re facing it all alone. At KIMSHEALTH, Kollam we want you to know we stand by your side. Our skilled team is here to give your baby the highest quality care from the start.

Neonatology focuses on the health of newborn babies and the things that affect their survival and development. Neonatologists work during labour and delivery. They handle high-risk births and work with obstetricians, family doctors, paediatricians, and other specialists. They treat premature or low-birth-weight babies. They also deal with newborns who have birth defects, infections, or trouble breathing.

What Makes Us Different

• Our expert team, including several Neonatology consultants, provide care around the clock.
• We can handle all types of newborn illnesses except neonatal heart surgeries.
• High-risk newborns here have survival rates with good outcomes that match global standards.
• Survival rates for premature infants born at 23 to 25 weeks now align with global standards.
• A clear follow-up system for high-risk newborns is established.
• Over 75 research papers from work in the NICU have been published in respected journals.
• Experienced senior consultants have strong academic backgrounds and substantial teaching experience.

Treatments and Procedures:

We provide various care options tailored for newborns:

Neonatal Intensive Care and Critical Support

• Provide care at birth to all newborns, including those needing complex resuscitation or born after 23 weeks of pregnancy.
• Treat sick newborns facing conditions such as RDS, PDA, BPD, birth asphyxia, or neonatal infections.
• Offer advanced resuscitation options with support from a skilled multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure transport services for ill newborns backed by an ambulance and trained neonatal transport staff.
• Include MNICU services offering Kangaroo Mother Care and allowing ongoing involvement from parents.

Specialised Neonatal and Surgical Support

• Neonatal care includes multiple specialities such as Ophthalmology, Retina Specialists, Paediatric Cardiology, Neurology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Oncology.
• Babies needing surgery, except heart surgery, receive care in areas like Paediatric Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Neurosurgery, Tracheostomy, and Paediatric Dental care.

Genetic and Metabolic Services

• Specialists identify and treat babies with inherited metabolic problems.
• Experts in genetic and metabolic disorders are available for care.

Growth and Long-term Monitoring

• Conducting structured neurodevelopmental follow-ups for over 20 years to monitor high-risk infants
• Encouraging parents to participate and offering care that supports developmental needs

Caring for Newborns and Supporting Parents

• Providing care to all healthy newborns (MBFHI certified)
• Ensuring delayed cord clamping and skin-to-skin bonding with all eligible babies
• Helping mothers through lactation consultations to encourage exclusive breastfeeding
• Offering antenatal guidance, discharge counselling, and in-room educational videos to guide parents in caring for their newborns

Vaccinations and Preventive Measures

• Administering regular vaccinations to all babies
• Offering cocoon vaccinations to caregivers and RSV protection for extreme preterm newborns

Advanced Infrastructure at the Neonatology Department of KIMSHEALTH, Kollam

Our facilities and equipment make the Department of Neonatology stand out from other centres.

• NNF Level 3B Accredited Unit: The unit has 33 beds ready for ventilation. It includes three negative-pressure isolation beds.
• Care Focused on Families: The team encourages parents to get involved, use breast pumps from the start, provide kangaroo mother care, and begin enteral nutrition by following established feeding guidelines.
• Central Lines and Parenteral Nutrition: This includes using umbilical vein and artery cannulas, placing PICC lines, and inserting ultrasound-guided central lines by interventional radiologists. It helps to provide early nutrition through parenteral methods.
• Advanced Ventilation Support: The care team uses every method of intubation and advanced ventilation. This also covers high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide.
• Non-invasive Ventilation: Non-invasive methods, like nasal high-frequency oscillation, are available to support breathing.
• Emergency and Advanced Procedures: Facilities include the ability to do intercostal drain placements, start peritoneal dialysis, and perform exchange transfusions.
• Tracheostomy: Specialists can perform tracheostomies for newborns in need of long-term airway care.