Department of General Pediatrics

Finest Care beyond all barriers

Preface

  • Department of Pediatrics of Dhaka Medical College was established in the year of 1949, just two years after the founding of Dhaka Medical College (1946) under the leadership of Prof. M.R. Khan. But Pediatrics was introduced as a separate subject in MBBS curriculum much later at 1978.This department has a brief history of expansion of services by increasing indoor beds and outpatient facilities side by side academic development through undergraduate, postgraduate and Sub Speciality training with advanced child healthcare services. 

Inpatient Care at a glance

 Subunits: Five units of General Pediatrics

                  One Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

                  One high dependency unit (HDU)

 Ward No: 207,208,210

 Number of Bed: 60 in General Wards

                             6 in PICU

                             7 in HDU

Outpatient Care Overview

  • Daily outdoor Service for General patients
  • Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic
  • Pediatric Rheumatology clinic
  • ORT Corner
  • EPI Center
  • Surveillance program of AFP and Measles cases
  • Daily update of diarrhea, pneumonia and dengue patients

Emergency Service

  • Available 24/7 ensuring timely management of critically ill children.

Distinctive Activities

Academic Responsibilities of both undergraduate and postgraduate students:

 

First of all, as one of the key Subject in MBBS curriculum, we provide undergraduate teaching and clinical training in the form of lecture classes, clinical classes, history taking and bedside examination of patients, showing procedure, use of instruments. We also take formative assessment examination with individual feedback session.

Patient Care:

  • Care for children with acute and chronic illness in indoor wards.
  • Management of common childhood illnesses.
  • Dedicated outpatient department.
  • Access to advanced care facilities when needed.
  • Bedside diagnostic and therapeutic procedures when needed.
  • Case based specific follow up of chronic patients. 

Full time training facilities:

  • Full time postgraduate training of different courses including FCPS, Non Residency and Residency MD, DCH.
  • Regular academic session, case discussion, clinical meeting, seminars, journal clubs and death review session.
  • Mandatory assessment of knowledge, clinical skill in a regular basis.
  • We provide short term training of outing students from other institutes as well. 

 

Conduction of research and other involvement:

  • Engage in clinical and epidemiological research on childhood diseases, nutrition and preventive health.
  • Runs awareness Programs for parents and caregivers on child nutrition, vaccination and preventive pediatrics.
  • Collaborate with national health programs to child mortality and morbidity.
  • Celebrating different health related international days.

 

Introduction of Honorable faculties:

 

      Unit I:  

                 Professor and Head of the Department

                     Dr. Lutfan Nessa

                           Associate Professor

                                  Dr. Rubina Afroz Rana                              

                                             Assisstant Professor

                                               Dr. Noor Uddin Talukder

                                               Dr. Monir Hossain

                                                            Junior Consultant

                                                                    Dr. Laboni Akter

                                                                   Registrar

                                                                          Dr. Nilima Nargis

     Assistant Registrar

          Dr. Takiya Islam

           Dr. Swapnil Barua

          Dr. Farhana Rita

    Unit II:

                Associate Professor and Head of unit II

                    Dr. Ferdousi Hasnat

                           Associate Professor

                                  Dr. Subrota  Kumar Roy 

                                                            Junior Consultant

                                                             Dr. Sayeema Kabir

                                                                   Registrar

                                                                        Dr. Tania Yasmeen

     Assistant Registrar

        Dr. Norun Nahar

        Dr. Nishat Munira Tamanna

        Dr. Shahria Sultana

Unit III:

             Associate Professor and Head of unit III

                      Dr. Md. Abdul Kadir           

                             Associate Professor

                                    Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam Chowdhury

                                          Assisstant Professor

                                                       Dr. Tahmina Binte Matin

                                                          Registrar

                                                                          Dr. Masum Ur Rahman

 

 Assisstant Registrars

      Dr. Mahmuda Khondoker

     Dr. Salma Sultana Shorme

     Dr. Farah Chowdhury

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit:

                              Professor and Head of the unit

                                  Dr. Lutfan Nessa

                                         Junior Consultant

                                                      Dr. Amit Shome 

                                                   

   Assistant Registrars

        Dr. Mohsina Gulnahar

       Dr. Mahfuza Akter Urmi

       Dr. Anisa Hossain