Paediatrics

Services

SCOPE OF PEDIATRICS & NEONATAL SERVICES                                                                   

• Out Patient Services (OPD)

• Pediatric Emergency Services

• In-patient Services (IPD)

• High Dependency Unit HDU

• Immunization services

• Level III NICU

• Level III NICU Out born

• Child Development Centre

• Subspecialty Clinics 

• Pediatric Cardiology

• Pediatric Pulmonology

• Paediatric Hemato-oncology

• Paediatric Cancer Survivor Services

• Pediatric Endocrinology

• Pediatric Nephrology

• Pediatric Neurology

• New born High risk Clinic

• Pediatric Genetics 

• Ped. Gastro Hepatology & Nutrition (PGHN) clinic

• Pediatric Rheumatology 

• Paediatric Haemodialysis 

• Paediatric Stem cell transplant (Bone morrow) services

• Thalassemia Day Care Services

• Haemophilia Day care

• Hemat oncology day care 

• PGHN Day care (Paediatric Endoscopy suite and Day care) 

• Teaching and Training

• Research

(* the above-mentioned list is not to be construed as a seniority list of faculties) 

OPD services: 

    Daily Except Gazetted Holidays

   OPD building 2^ndFloor

• 2^nd floor- Room no 227, 228, 229, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239 and 240

• Immunization clinic: Room 242

• CGHS speciality wing (CGHS OPD) Room no 354, 3^rd floor

• Child Development Centre- Room no. 201,348-52,365-66

Unit wise OPD days

Speciality Clinics:

All Paediatrics sub - speciality clinics are held in the after noon at 2 pm and the Immunization Clinic and ORT Corner  function from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday to Friday and till 1 p.m. on Saturday. 

Each of the speciality clinics is run by one or more faculty members supported by Senior residents and Postgraduate students.

Inpatient Services

Bed strength: The department of Paediatrics has 345 beds  distributed among the following areas 

• Pediatric ward 21 on 3rd floor of H block (Unit 1 & 4)

• Pediatric ward 20 on 2nd floor of H block (Unit 2 & 5)

• Pediatric ward 18 on ground floor of H blcok (Unit 3 & 6)

• Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for inborn babies - Nursery 5 & Nursery 9 in 

• Maternity Block.

• Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for outborn babies - Mother Newborn Care Unit (MNCU) 

• on 7th floor New Emergency Building (NEB). 

• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) on 1st floor New Emergency Building.

• Pediatric Emergency in Hall no 2, Ground floor, New Emergency Building

• Thalassemia Day Care on 7th floor NEB.

• Pediatric High Dependency Unit on 7th floor NEB.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology Day Care on 3rd floor, zone 2 Super Speciality Block (SSB). 

Unit Wise Faculty Distribution 

*On Study Leave at present

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF FACULTY: -

Dr. Rachna Sehgal, Professor:-

1.Articles Sehgal, R. Book Review. Indian Pediatr 61, 702 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-024-3244-

2.   Verma, B., Dey, M., & Sehgal, R. (2024). Assessing Sensory Sensitivity and Behavioural Feeding Problems   among children with Developmental Disabilities: A Pilot Study. Indian Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine, 55(4), 303–308. Retrieved from https://ijpsm.co.in/index.php/ijpsm/article/view/609

  3. Verma, B., Dey, M., & Sehgal, R. (2024). A study to assess sensory sensitivity and behavioural feeding problems among children with developmental disabilities attending Child development Centre of Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi. Gardiva review Journal. 10 (10).

Dr. Sugandha Arya, Professor 

1.   Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Retinopathy of Prematurity in Neonates Less Than 1,800 g or Below 34 Weeks of Gestation, May 2024, Journal of Neonatology 38(5), DOI:10.1177/09732179241244567

2. The World Health Organization Antenatal CorTicosteroids for Improving Outcomes in preterm Newborns (ACTION-III) Trial: study protocol for a multi-country, multi-centre, double-blind, three-arm, placebo-controlled, individually randomized trial of antenatal corticosteroids for women at high probability of late preterm birth in hospitals in low- resource countries, April 2024, Trials, DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07941-0

3. Effect of Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care on Pain in Sick Low Birth Weight Neonates During Heel Prick in Mother–Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Volume 38, Issue 2 Journal of Neonatology, https://doi.org/10.1177/09732179241237864

            Dr. Isha Saini 

           Goel N, Kashyap V, Saini I et al. Periodic fever in children: A report of three unusual cases. J Compr  Pediatrics. 2023; 14 (2), e130982

Dr. Rajesh Meena , Associate Professor : 

-Meena M, Narang M, Meena RK, Aggarwal A. Prevalence and Predictors of celiac  disease in children with constipation. Indian Pediatrics.2024;61(4):331-336.-Meena RK, Aulakh R, Singh T, Gupta P. Faculty guidebook for implementation of competency based curriculum in pediatric

 Dr. Arpita Gupta, Associate Professor:-

1. Kumar V, Juneja M, Kaushik S, Gupta A. Iron Supplementation in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Single Centre Study. Indian Pediatr. 2024;61(8):745-749.

 2. ⁠Chapters: Behavioural Problems, Piyush Gupta’s Learning Through MCQs in Pediatrics for MD and DM Students.

 Dr Sanghamitra Ray, Assistant professor pediatrics

1. Sharma R, Ray S, Chattopadhyay A, Khatri A. Dengue-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: The Many Faces of Expanded Dengue Syndrome. Clinical Pediatrics. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/00099228241309192.

2. Ray S.(2024) “Anemia, etiology, classification and approach diagnosis” IN Piyush Gupta’s Learning through MCQs in Pediatrics. First. New Delhi, Delhi:Jaypeebrothers.

3 .Ray S, Rai A, Kumar M, Saikia D. A unique case series of pediatric autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Pediatric Hematol Onco J.2024;9(2).

4. Ray S, Saikia D. Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I - A Report. Iran J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2024;14(1):277-80.

5. Ray S, Kumar M, Mahajan N, et al. Paediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Series With a Diverse Spectrum From a Resource-Limited Setting. Cureus.2023; 15(9): e45140. 

6. Ray, S., Vashisht, Y., Saikia, D. et al. Serum Micronutrients and Antioxidant Levels in Children With Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia. Indian Pediatr.2023; 60: 1005–

7. Ray S, Saikia D, Vashisht Y, Sharma S, Meena RK, Kumar M. Dyslipidemia and atherogenic indexes in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther. 2023:S2531-1379(23)00075-5. 

8. Ray, S., Meena, R. K., Solanki, H. K., Jain, P. C. Feeding practices and knowledge regarding vaccination in mothers of under 5 children: a questionnaire-based study in a metropolitan city hospital of India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health.2020; 8(1):190–95.

9. Ray S, Meena RK. Larva migrans in children in india - is it as rare as we think? Pediatr Oncall J 2017; 14 (1): 1-4.

10. Chapter – Abdominal tuberculosis. Ray S, Meena RK In: Gupta P, Menin PSN, Ramji S, Lodha R, Ed. PG textbook of pediatrics. (3rd). New Delhi-302, India: Jaypee Brothers medical P, 2022.

11. Ray S, Chandra J, Sharma S. Clinico-hematological study of abnormalities of platelet count in children with iron deficiency anemia. Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2019;6(4):1519-23.

12. Ray S, Jain PC. Acute bulbar palsy plus syndrome: A rare variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2016 Oct-Dec;11(4):322-323. doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.199480. PMID: 28217155; PMCID: PMC5314846.

13. Ray S, Gupta RK, Jain D. Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury due to Iatrogenic IVIG Overdose in Guillain-Barre Syndrome. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2019 Jul-Sep;14(3):140-142. doi: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_47_19. Epub 2019 Sep 27. PMID: 31649774; PMCID: PMC6798284.

14. Ray S, Kumar M, Mahajan N, Khatri A. Paediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Series With a Diverse Spectrum From a Resource-Limited Setting. Cureus. 2023 Sep 12;15(9):e45140. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45140. PMID: 37842364; PMCID: PMC10570149.

15.“Parenting Adolescents A Guidebook_A5.indd” 25 Apr. 2022, lhmc-hosp.gov.in/WriteReadData/l892s/lhmc-hosp.gov.in/WriteReadData/l892s/PEMDEParentingAdolescentsAGuidebook.pdf. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

16. “A Pediatric Case of Post-SARS-CoV-2 Guillain Barre Syndrome of Pure Axonal Variety” medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/index.php/PJPediatricsAdolescentMedicine/article/view/1598. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

17. S Ray, Chopra N, Mehndiratta S, Praphakar P, Singh A. Managing Parahemophilia: A Rare Coagulation Disorder – Case Report and Review. Clin Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2025;32(1). (Accepted)

Dr. Srinivasa Varadan

1. Govindarajan S, Rajan A, Likhitha P, Mohankumar SP, Jain P, Jana M, et al. Anasarca and systemic capillary leak syndrome as an unusual presentation of juvenile dermatomyositis: Report of three cases and case-based review. Int J Rheum Dis. 2024 Nov; 27(11): e15425. 

2. Govindarajan S, Khandelwal P, Sharma S, Agarwala A, Sinha A, Hari P, et al. Clinical features and genetic sequencing of children with Fanconi-Bickel syndrome. Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Feb; 90(2): 178–80. 

3. Govindarajan S, Ramachandran R, Rawat A, Naganur SH, Nada R, Dawman L, et al. Pericardial effusion in anti-complement factor H antibody-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: two case reports. CEN Case Rep. 2021 May; 10(2): 255–60. 

4.Govindarajan S, Bhatia P, Dawman L, Tiewsoh K. Usefulness of automated fragmented red blood cell percentage in the diagnosis of paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Feb; 43(1): 40–3. 

5.Govindarajan S, Rawat A, Ramachandran R, Hans R, Dawman L, Tiewsoh K. Anti-complement factor I antibody associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome - A new insight for future perspective! Immunobiology. 2020 Sep; 225(5): 152000. 

6.Kaur P, Govindarajan S, Jana M, Sinha A, Bagri NK. Constitutional symptoms of severe childhood-onset polyarteritis nodosa. Lancet Rheumatol. 2024 Sep 27; S2665-9913(24)00269-8. 

7.Khandelwal P, Govindarajan S, Bagga A. Management and outcomes in children with lupus nephritis in the developing countries. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 Apr; 38(4): 987–1000. 

8. Khandelwal P, Krishnasamy S, Govindarajan S, Kumar M, Marik B, Sinha A, et al. Anti-factor H antibody associated hemolytic uremic syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Sep; 37(9): 2151–6. 

9.Sinha A, Mathew G, Arushi A, Govindarajan S, Ghanapriya K, Grewal N, et al. Sequential rituximab therapy sustains remission of nephrotic syndrome but carries high risk of adverse effects. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023 Mar 31; 38(4): 939–49. 

10. Tiewsoh K, Govindarajan S, Dawman L, Rawat A, Ramachandran R, Hans R. Anti-Compliment Factor H antibody associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in children with abbreviated plasma exchanges: A 12-month follow-up study. Iran J Kidney Dis. 2021 Dec; 15(6): 419–25. 

11. Anjani G, Govindarajan S, Sudhakar M, Chaudhary H, Rawat A, Kumar Jindal A. Catch the thief by its marks: inverse Gottron papules, interstitial lung disease, anti MDA-5 antibody positivity in juvenile dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Feb 1;60(2):e56-e58.

Dr. Prashant Prabhakar, Assistant Professor :- 

1. Prabhakar P, Faridi MMA, Aggarwal A, Aggarwal R, Madhu SV, Malhotra R. Effect of Antenatal Oral Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum 25(OH)D Concentration in Exclusively Breastfed Infants at 6 Months of age - A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Indian Pediatr. 2024 Jun 15;61(6):533-539. Epub 2024 Apr 5. PMID: 38584410.

2. Mohapatra, D., Prabhakar, P., Seth, R. et al. Clinicoepidemiological Profile and Outcome of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Cohort of Pediatric Cancer Patients During the Second Wave in India. Indian J Pediatr 89, 624 (2022). 

3. Chandola, S., Prabhakar, P., Seth, R., & Jana, M. (2023) Intramural Duodenal Hematoma in a Case of Hyper IgM Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.10.1097

Prabhakar, P., Mohapatra, D., & Das, D., Setlur, Kritika et al. (2023) Intermediate risk neuroblastoma: Is surgery really an endpoint? Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 7. S41. 10.1016.

4.Mohapatra, D., Prabhakar, P., Seth, R., & Meena, JP. Predictors of poor outcome in COVID 19 infection, in a cohort of pediatric cancer patients, during the second wave in India, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, Supplement 2021.

5. Prabhakar, P., Das, G., Mohapatra, D., et al. (2023). Teleconsultation: An important tool leading to a paradigm shift in the management of maintenance phase chemotherapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal.

6.Prabhakar, P., Batra, P., Verma, C., & Harit, D. (2020). Hyperpigmentation as a cutaneous manifestation of fungal sepsis in neonates: Case series report. Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine, 13(1), 143–148. 

Dr Sumit Mehndiratta Specialiist Gr I

1.  Mundra M, Sreenivasan V, Swami N, Kaur K, Rishi B, Mishra A, Mehndiratta S,Singh A.Persistent Generalized Lymphadenopathy: A Diagnostic Conundrum—Case Report and Review of Literature. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol.doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1795162.

2 Sreenivasan V, Aatli A, Andhavaram S, Sharma A, Dandriyal R, Meena SS, Sugandhi N, Mehndiratta S, Chopra N, Singh A, Duodenal obstruction - A rare complication of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis – a case report, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, 

3. Sreenivasan V, Agarwal A, Singh A, Mehndiratta S, Chopra N. Ghosal hematodiaphyseal dysplasia–A remediable cause of refractory anemia: A case report. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 2023 Dec 1;8(4):233-7.

4. Goel N, Chowdhary R, Dabas A, Mehndiratta S, Singh A, Gera R. Comparison of Clinical Outcome between Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Children Aged 1 to 12 Years Admitted with Acute COVID-19 Infection – A Retrospective Review. J Child Sci 2022;12:e224–e227. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1758871

5.Agrawal S, Pathania G, Mittal R, Mehndiratta S, Singh A. An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Budd–Chiari Syndrome in an Adolescent Boy. J Child Sci 2022;12:e148–e151. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1757153.

6.Jakhar N, Gera A, Mittal R, Mehndiratta S, Shalimar, Singh A. Treatment of Hepatitis C in a Case of Pediatric B-Cell Acute Leukemia. J Glob Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 3;14(1):35-37. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_1_21.

7.Singh A, Gera A, Misra A, Mehndiratta S. SARS-CoV-2 infection in a pediatric acute leukemia patient on chemotherapy and concurrent sofosbuvir/velpatasvir for HCV. Am J Blood Res. 2021 Jun 15;11(3):286-289. 

8.Gera A, Misra A, Tiwari A, Singh A, Mehndiratta S. A hungry Histiocyte, altered immunity and myriad of problems: Diagnostic challenges for Pediatric HLH. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Jun 12. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13626. 

9.Maheshwari S, Mehndiratta S, Singh A. Parental Outlook and Problems Faced during Lockdown in COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from a Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Unit in a Developing Country-A Questionnaire-Based Survey. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2021 Apr, Vol-15(4): SC01-SC04.

Dr. Himani Bhasin

1. Yoganathan S, Bhasin H, Garg D, Malik P, Saini AG, Chandran M, Korula S, Arunachal G, Danda S, Thomas M, Oommen SP, Sharma S. Childhood Neurological Disorders With Hyperhomocystinemia: A Case-Based Review. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 Sep;146:26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.06.003. Epub 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37413720.

Dr. Meetu Salhan 

1.Chaurasia S, Anand P, Sharma A, Nangia S, Sivam A, Jain K, Gaind R, Kaur R, Sastry AS, Kapil A, Bhatt M, Salhan M, Dudeja A, Plakkal N, Verma A, Jain M, Saxena S, Mohapatra S, Kashyap A, Goel S, Sivanandan S, Arya S, Saini S, Pande T, Saluja S, Sharma M, Vishnubhatla S, Chellani H, Sankar MJ, Agarwal R. Procalcitonin for Detecting Culture-Positive Sepsis in Neonates: A Prospective, Multicenter Study. Neonatology. 2023;120(5):642-651. doi: 10.1159/000529640. Epub 2023 Jun 19. PMID: 37336195.

2.Kashyap A.,Chopra N.,Valecha A.,Salhan M.,Kumar A.,Gera R.

Clinico -Epidemiological Profile and Outcome of Pediatric Covid Patient during third wave of Covid infection in 

Delhi, IndiaIOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)

e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 22, Issue 1 Ser.2 (January. 2023), PP 50-54www.iosrjournals.orgDOI: 10.9790/0853-2201025054

EVENTS

• World Thalassemia Day celebration 8^th May 2025: Parent awareness program

• Breast feeding week 1^st to 7^th August 2025

• National Newborn week 15^th to 20 November 2025

• Stop Diarrhea Campaign June 16 to July 31, 2026

• National deworming Day February 10 and August 10 2025

Courses

Fellowship in National Board (FNB) Pediatric Gastroenterology

Teaching and Training

At present there are 26 Postgraduate students doing MD Pediatrics and 39 Senior Residents.

In addition to training of undergraduate students and postgraduate students, the department is involved in National training activities

Major achievements, awards, innovation etc.:-

• Dr. Sugandha Arya:- 
• Inauguration of Lactation Management Unit on 11 dec 2024
• Dr. Prashant Prabhakar : APHOG award for Oral Paper presentation at SIOP Asia, Yokohama, Japan (2024) titled “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin, Etoposide and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial. 
• Dr R.K Marwaha Best Oral Paper at 27^th annual conference of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology chapter of IAP (PHOCON 2024) for paper entitled- “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin, Etoposide and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial”.
• Oral Paper presentation at World SIOP, Hawaii, USA (2024) paper titled - “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin,  and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial

Dr. Prashant Prabhakar, Assistant Professor :- 

• Best Post-graduate Thesis of UCMS & GTB hospital in the academic year 2017-2018 (Dr Kusum Pandit Memorial Award).

• Dr S.T Achar endowment Award at the 55^th National conference of IAP (PEDICON 2018) – 1^st prize for the paper titled “Effect Of Oral Vitamin D Supplementation To Pregnant Mothers On Serum 25(OH)D Concentration In Exclusively Breastfed Infants At 6 Months Of Age -  A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.”
• Oral paper presentation at the 25^th annual conference of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology chapter of IAP (PHOCON 2022) – 2^nd prize for the paper titled “Teleconsultation: An Important Tool Leading To A Paradigm Shift In The Management Of Maintenance Phase Chemotherapy Of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.”
• APHOG award for Oral Paper presentation at SIOP Asia, Yokohama, Japan (2024) titled “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin, Etoposide and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial 
• Dr R.K Marwaha Best Oral Paper at 27^th annual conference of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology chapter of IAP (PHOCON 2024) for paper entitled- “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin, Etoposide and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial”
• Oral Paper presentation at World SIOP, Hawaii, USA (2024) paper titled - “Vincristine and Topotecan versus Carboplatin, Etoposide and Vincristine based chemotherapy for ocular salvage in Group D lntraocular Retinoblastoma: A randomised, open label trial”

Dr. Himani Bhasin

ICMR – International Travel Grant Support for Non – ICMR scientists (For SIOP Asia – 20000024, Yokohama, Japan – May 2024