More than twenty-six million infants are born annually in India. The health scenario of maternal and neonatal care is extremely vital to control the staggeringly high neonatal mortality in developing countries, including India. With efficient diagnosis and treatment, the medical and healthcare providers are ensuring advancements in the clinics and innovative developments in the hospitals.
Additionally, drastic changes can occur with greater rapidity during an infant’s operative and postoperative care with the gradual understanding that a baby’s physiological responses are qualitatively and quantitively different from an adult,
Familiarity with these responses and extended experience, paediatric care units are necessary to ensure proper treatment and essential care. One such clinic is Dr Uday Bodhankar’s Children Hospital, impacting the paediatric sector with its top-notch healthcare services.
Dr Bodhankar’s Children Hospital offers comprehensive paediatric care and is one of the well-pioneered hospitals for the diagnosis and care of children catering to the needs of central India. It is located in the heart of Nagpur city. This child diagnostic and care centre provides the following facilities:
- Exceptional care neonatal unit for premature and sick newborn babies
- Indoor children hospital with fifteen beds
- Baby clinic providing special follow-up with counselling centre
In addition to that, there is no obstruction of ventilation from any side of the hospital. The ventilation is excellent with the abundant facility of natural light and electricity. The entire environment is absolutely clean and in proper hygienic conditions with reliable facilities like:
- Library Facilities
- V. and playroom for children
- Aqua-guard (i.e., safe drinking water) facilities
- Public health education literature facilities
- Nebuliser facilities
- O2 therapy
- Room warmers/heaters
- Inverter facilities
- Blood transfusion facilities for sickle cell, thalassemia, and children suffering from chronic diseases
Moreover, the hospital provides significant support through its specialized medical equipment like:
- High-pressure sterilizer and instrument sterilizer
- Adequate surgical equipment, instruments, and apparatus including intravenous apparatus
- Electrocardiogram monitoring system pulse/BP/02 meter
There is an intensive care unit for premature and other babies admitted. Also, when the baby is in the Intensive Care Unit, two qualified doctors are kept on duty round the clock to ensure essential care with medical expertise.
A Philanthropist
Dr Uday Bodhankar is the Director of Bodhankar Children Hospital. With his sincerity, dedication, and devotion, he has selflessly contributed action-oriented health services for the welfare of mothers, new-born, and children belonging to an underprivileged, oppressed community (BPL) and specially challenged children of India.
He has not only promoted child healthcare and maternal care but also has worked towards the welfare of underprivileged communities for promoting better healthcare to the masses.
Dr Bodhankar has excelled throughout his academic career and is keen to ensure that all children enjoy a decent quality of life through better neonatal and childhood care. He strived hard to become a leading paediatrician of the world and a social worker. He has pioneered an inexpensive transport care facility project for the high-risk new-born.
He pioneered the intensive neonatal and childcare hospital, the first of its kind in central India with innovative facilities and 24 hours paediatric and neonatal emergency services since 1988. He extended all types of medical help to the needy irrespective of financial status. So far, the hospital holds an impeccable record by offering its services to more than ten lacs children in a short span of 40 years.
A Proficient Leader
Dr Bodhankar has contributed immensely to the welfare of children and mothers for more than 40 years, ever since his early professional career.
He has conducted more than one thousand immunization diagnoses and management camps in the poor and underprivileged slum areas in collaboration with government agencies, Lions Club, Jaycees Club, Rotary Club, and other non-government organisations.
He delivered more than 100 public lectures related to child health problems on radio and television. He also conducted ‘Child Health Awareness Camps’ in the rural areas to educate people about the common newborn and childhood diseases, their complications, prevention, and remedies in emergencies.
Dr Uday has delivered over one hundred scientific lectures and trained general practitioners as resources persons of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) – Government of India. He also trained all medical teachers of MS through the IMNCI project of MUHS and UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Exhibiting Excellence
For over 40 years, Dr Uday Bodhankar has organised various national and international workshops related to newborn and child health, and disability with the help of WHO (World Health Organization), UNICEF, Ministry of Health, Governmentt of India. He had various collaborations with universities like UIC Chicago, and the University of Sydney Australia for these workshops.
Dr Uday was awarded the outstanding Paediatrician of Asia award in China in October 2009 for being the First Indian child specialist to have this highest Asian unique honour of being selected from 23 Asian countries of the world for his distinguished service for the welfare of newborn and children of Asia.
He has been the first paediatrician from Asia, who has the rare, distinguished honour of being invited by the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace, London and was honoured by Queen Elizabeth as the first Asian secretary-general of ‘Commonwealth Association for Health and Disability’ (UK) on 28th April 2009.
Honourable President of India, her Excellency Dr Smt. Pratibhatai Devising Patil also complimented Dr Uday Bodhankar for his outstanding work in child welfare.
He has been a Co-Author and a contributor to many textbooks in paediatric, and neonatology like “Rational Paediatric Practice,” an official publication of the ‘Indian Academy of Paediatrics’ – a recognized referral book for practitioners and contributed many articles related to child health in regional, national and international newspapers and periodicals.
Hall of Fame
Throughout his exceptional career, Dr Uday Bodhankar’s achievement are basking in the reflected glory of his work. As a proficient leader, his education includes MBBS, MCPS, DCH, MD(Ped), FRCPCH (UK) and Dr Uday triumphs in working as:
- Executive Director COMHAD – UK
- Deputy Chairperson CHPA – UK
- International Council Member ASPR – Japan
- Adjunct Asso Prof of Pediatrics -Sydney University
- Nodal Officer for RCPCH – DCH UK
- Former Hon Prof Pediatrics IGMC Nagpur
- Honorary Professor of IMA. India
- Former Standing Committee Member IPA
- Former International President ISTP
- Former National President IAP
- Former Member Advisory Council, Govt. of India
With well-recognized excellence awards like: FIAP (1999), FNNF (2010), FRCPCH – UK (2018).
A Successful Odyssey
Dr Bodhankar has contributed a lot towards this society. He is powering the advancement through his hospital by offering medical and healthcare expertise in paediatric care as an excellent medical service provider.
He not only promotes child health care and maternal care, but he is also striving hard for the welfare of the underprivileged (BPL) community.
