Pediatric patients
aged between 1 month- 4 years are followed-up at our Pediatrics Clinic. One Associate
Professor Chief of the Clinic, 1 Pediatrician,
5 residents of Pediatrics, 12 nurses, 6 allied health personnels and 1 medical secretary
works in our Department. Our in-patient unit consists of 8 rooms with a total
of 16 beds and is currently certified to educate residents of Pediatrics. During
daytime from 08:00 AM to 17:00 PM the whole personnel is on duty. Between 17:00
PM and 08:00 AM, 1 resident of Pediatrics, 2 nurses and 1 allied health personnel
who are primarily responsible from our Department in collaboration with 2 Pediatricians
on-call (one responsible from all Departments and one responsible from only Emergency
Department) take care of our patients.
Any
medical intervention that is routinely performed in a General Pediatric
Department is available in our Department. We have 2 monitors, 15 saturation
and cardiac pulse devices, 1 electrocardiogram in our Department in addition to
oxygen source and pressure air system suitable for connection of both invasive
and noninvasive mechanic ventilatory as well as for nebulization which are
available in every room. Pediatric patients presenting with complicated signs and
need to be detected in detail are hospitalized and followed-up at our in-patient
unit. Approximately 520 patients per year are hospitalized in our Department.
We have an outpatient clinic where 1 resident of Pediatrics and 1 educator
Pediatrician work together. A total of 3500 patients per year are examined in
this unit.