Paediatrics

The department provides curative and preventive care for children (i.e. under eighteen (18) years of age) via five principal units namely:

1. Emergency Paediatric Unit.
2. Paediatric Medical Ward.
3. Special Care Baby Unit.
4. Paediatric Out-patient Department and Associated Immunization Clinic.
5. Nutrition/Dietetics Unit.

The department also provides care for patients in related specialties such as  Obstetrics and Gynaecology (resuscitation of new born in the labour room and obstetrics theatre), Surgery and Surgical Subspecialty Units (management of Paediatric surgical and sub-specialty patients in the Paediatric surgical ward) and Paediatric residency training which began in 2011.

Mission Statement

• To provide adequate/optimal comprehensive and complex clinical care for children at the highest level.

Vision Statement

• To produce creative professionals in child health with all sense of humility, morality, compassion and dedication so as to bring up quality leaders of all time.

SERVICES RENDERED

1. Emergency Paediatric Care
2. Emergency New born Care
3. Peritoneal Dialysis
4. Treatment of Infectious Diseases
5. Paediatric Infectious Diseases
6. Paediatric Oncologic/Endocrinologic/Cardiologic/Nutritional Care
7. Haemodialysis
8. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
9. HIV Care
10. Care of Premature Baby

CLINIC DAYS

Monday: Neonatology/lnfant Clinic/Endocrinology & routine immunization

Tuesday: Infectious disease/Nephrology & routine immunization

Wednesday: Routine immunization

Thursday: Haemato oncology/Gastro-Enterology & routine immunization

Friday: Cardiology/Pulmonology & routine immunization

STAFF STRENGTH

The department currently has the following staff:

1. Consultants – 14
2. Senior registrars – (10)
3. Registrars (Reg) – 7
4. House officers (HO) – 3
5. Nurses — 65 (paediatric nurses 38)
6. Nutritionists – 7
7. Health Attendants – 48
8. Adherence counsellor – 3
9. Admin officer – 2

LIST OF CONSULTANTS

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Dr. Yekinni Sakiru Abiodun