Our Pediatric staff believes that each child is a unique individual, born with certain needs and rights. We are here to provide the care that is specific to each child's personality and development.

We recognize that a family's presence is important to the emotional and physical well-being of the patient. We welcome and encourage family participation in the child's daily routine.

Our nursing staff strives to work together with the family to minimize the difficulties of the child's illness and hospitalization, and to make the experience a more pleasant one.

1. Patient Education:

Education of Patient & Family, Education - Preoperative & Postoperative Teaching, Instruction for Home Care, Infant Care Teaching Guidelines, Educational Needs of Pediatric Patients.

1.Pediatric Department

In few months, the Pediatric Department will consist of three wards. one large pediatric 32 beds ward which accepts children all ages from 1 month to 16 years for acute medical admissions, surgical, orthopedic and ENT admissions. A 12 bed ward reserved to Pediatric hematology and oncology, and a 16 beds ward for private patients.

2. Social workers and child life specialists are needed to enhance patient care and development.

3.Child Life

Pediatric patients need to play even when in the hospital.

The Playroom is for patients ages 11 and younger, with adult supervision. Child Life Specialist staff is concerned with the emotional impact of illness and hospitalization. They work closely with families and health care providers to treat the whole child, making every effort to minimize the stressful and potentially negative impacts of hospitalization, and to maximize opportunities for positive and supportive experiences.

The Play room should provided and offer opportunities for age appropriate games,toys, and activities. The Pediatric staff should recognize the need for patients to have a safe environment away from medical procedures. Therefore, medical procedures are discouraged in the activity areas, and patients may be asked to return to their rooms when those procedures are necessary.

The department provides comprehensive patient care for acute and chronic conditions and is tailored to meet specific needs of each child.

The Pediatrics Department currently consists of:

• Cardiology Division
• Endocrinology Division
• General Pediatrics Division
• Genetics Division 
• Hematology-Oncology Division
• Immunology Division
• Infectious Diseases Division
• Neonatology Division (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) )
• Nephrology Division
• Nursery Unit
• Pediatric Gastro-Enterology Division
• Pediatric Neurology
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Pulmonary Division

A- New born nursery:

This unit provides medical care for normal newborn infants offering prophylactic care, screening for congenital anomalies and screening tests for metabolic and hematologic disorders. In addition, the new born nursery ensures adequate breast feeding, detects excessive weight loss, and screens for early jaundice, etc.

B- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU):

This unit provides neonatal care for preterm or low birth weight infant (less than 2500g) needing intravenous feeding, infants with significant neonatal problems or illness e.g. jaundice, fever, suspected foeto-maternal infection, respiratory distress syndrome needing major ventilatory support or sub-ventilation care. It also provides case for infants with complex neonatal surgical conditions, before and following surgery.

C- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU):

This unit is currently in the planning phase

• The Pediatrics Department currently consists of general pediatricians, pediatric nurse practitioners and pediatric sub-specialists. Subspecialties include Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Pulmonary, Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, metabolic Disease, Pediatric surgery, pediatric orthopedist and Pediatric Urology.

• General pediatricians are expected to manage the acute and chronic care needs of their patients. Nurse practitioners are a part of the pediatric care team at most offices and share care of patients with the physicians. Top quality patient care is the number one priority for all department members. Pediatricians are expected to judiciously use consultants to help in managing their patients.

• All pediatric sub specialists practice a combination of general pediatrics and their subspecialty, with the exception of the pediatric cardiologists who practice exclusively in their subspecialty area.

• Each patient has a Hospital Care Team, the primary physician and the residents are responsible for coordinating care. A team of nurses also works with the family to provide the best plan of care for the child. In addition to physicians and nurses, other hospital staffs that may be involved in the care of the child include: respiratory therapists, physical therapists and nutritionists.