Bharati hospital and research centre’s neonatal intensive care unit(NICU) is dedicated to the needs of the vulnerable and sick newborns. The aim of our unit is to provide evidence based, worldwide accepted neonatal management by the trained neonatologist at affordable cost for middle and lower socio economic class families. Our core values are hard work, dedication, team workwork, innovations and commitment to patient care.

Our unit is 60 bedded, spread over 10,000 square feet, on the second floor of the hospital. This is a level 3B accredited NICU(one of the very few in the country). The various services provided under one roof are advanced ventilation- high frequency ventilation,nitric oxide therapy

conventional ventilation ,volume guarantee ,non invasive ventilation(bubble CPAP system & HFNC), surfactant administration (LISA/INSURE), in house point of care sonography & functional echocardiography, total parenteral nutrition, in-house ABG,EEG, transcutaneous bilirubin meter, in house hearing screening, 24 hour on call paediatric surgery team, ROP screening & laser, therapy for ROP, newborn screening, high risk developmental follow up unit, neonatal retrieval services, human milk banking. The nurse patient ratios are maintained as per the standard guidelines. The unit is managed by 5 faculties, 13 neonatal fellows, 6 pediatrics residents and supported by medical social worker, neonatal physiotherapist, speech therapist and lactation counsellor.

The unit admits 1500 neonates annually, with survival rates of more than 95%.Monthly 60 neonates are supported for respiration with 97% ventilator survival rates. Babies weighing less than 1000grams are admitted in unit(almost 40 per year) with survival rates of 93% and almost 90 babies per year admission of babies between 1000 grams to 1500grams, with 95% survival rates. Almost 2-3 neonates per month are admitted for surgery in the unit. Majority of the neonates have problems with the gut, few with windpipe and lungs anomaly and some having hernias. Other babies cared in the unit are those requiring breathing support at birth, infections, kidney problems, seizures, feeding difficulties, neurological issues.

The neonatal transport team retrieves on an average 20 babies per month from various hospitals in and around Pune. Almost one third of babies admitted are born outside and referred to our unit for higher level of intensive care.

The duration of stay in the hospital varies from 1-2days to almost 2-3 months(in cases of very preterm babies).The babies are roomed in with mother once they are off respiratory support, tolerating feeds enterally and have matured to 32 weeks with a weight of atleast 1.3 kilograms.