What is Tongue tie? Tongue-tie or ankuloglossia is a medical condition found among new-born babies in which the bottom of the tongue is joined to the base of the mouth with a thin strand of tissue (frenulum). This attachment restricts tongue movement and hence the name. Ranging from mild to severe in intensity, in this...
Category: <span>Paediatrics</span>
Choose your Paediatrician with care
The pediatrics and neonatal wing of a hospital are not just about handling complications but ensuring that the newly born child is in the safest possible hands that are not his or her mother’s. Trained in special caring and nurturing treatment of infants, the pediatrics nurses and neonatal experts also prevent any circumstance that may...
Case 2
4 year old previously healthy child developed abdominal pain since 15 days, difficulty in breathing since 2 days and facing swelling since 1 day. As the child lied down on bed, her respiration and Heart rate stopped. She was given CPR and started on ventilation and was shifted to our hospital from GMCH -32, Chandigarh....
Case 1
Apparently well 5 years old child went to high altitude (Leh) by flight. Within 8-10 hrs of landing at high altitude child developed breathing difficulty. Over next few hours, child become breathless, her oxygen level in blood went down to very low levels. She was started on ventilator and was shifted to our hospital in...