Paediatrics

🧒 Paediatrics

Paediatrics is the branch of medicine devoted to the care of infants, children, and adolescents, ensuring healthy growth and development from birth through young adulthood. This includes the management of common infections, nutritional issues, developmental delays, chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes, and routine immunizations. At Al Shafi Hospital, paediatricians conduct thorough evaluations using age-specific guidelines, lab tests, imaging, and developmental screenings to create accurate diagnoses. Emergency care is also provided for acute conditions like high fever, dehydration, respiratory distress, or trauma, ensuring immediate and safe intervention.

Beyond illness management, paediatric care emphasizes preventive health, regular wellness check-ups, and support through key developmental milestones. Guidance on breastfeeding, vaccination schedules, sleep routines, and behavioral issues is shared with families to promote healthy habits early on. Adolescents are supported through changes in growth, emotional health, and reproductive education. A child-friendly environment, skilled paediatric nurses, and a family-centered approach make each visit comfortable and reassuring. Paediatrics is more than treating childhood illness—it is about nurturing a child’s physical, emotional, and social development to lay the foundation for a healthy, fulfilling life.