PAEDIATRIC WARD WITH SICK NEW BORN CARE UNIT SET UP AT ASANSOL RAILWAY HOSPITAL

PAEDIATRIC WARD WITH SICK NEW BORN CARE UNIT SET UP AT ASANSOL RAILWAY HOSPITAL

Kolkata, 7 November, 2016:

A six bedded paediatric ward along with two-bedded sick new born care unit has been set up at Divisional Railway Hospital, Eastern Railway, Asansol.

The basic objective behind setting up the new born care unit is to reduce the case of fatality among sick new-borns either born within the hospital or outside including home delivery. It also extends clinical care for sick neonates to bring down the neonatal mortality rate. Strengthening the new born clinical services within the health care system of Asansol Railway Hospital of Eastern Railway is much needed component of a comprehensive intervention for reducing neonatal deaths.

This Sick New-born Care Unit will also act as the teaching and training hub for imparting the skills of new-born care.

This facility is second in Eastern Railway next to B. R. Singh Hospital, Sealdah.

Source:Eastern Railway