Special Clinics

Services Available :

• Consultation by Developmental Paediatrician
• Consultation by Paediatric Neurologist
• Psychology Consultation
• Genetic Consultation & Genetic Testing
• Psychometric Evaluation
• IQ Assessment
• DQ Assessment
• Autism Assessment
• SLD (Specific Learning Disability) Assessment
• EEG,VEP, BERA
• MRI/CT Brain
• Audiology Services
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Special Educator Input for early Intervention Programme.
• Home based program (0-6) years-for children with, global delay, Downs' syndrome, CP and other developmental disorders
• Parent orientation program - for newly diagnosed parents (after diagnosis consultations to explain diagnosis, explain outcome, role of therapy, basic guidelines to begin work at home, refer to appropriate centres for further therapy, arrange follow up)
• Behaviour modification programs - session with psychologist for children going to mainstream school (high-functioning autism, SLD, ADHD/ADD, slow learners)
• Sensory Garden

This initiative was to address the basic right of the transgender community towards health with care and dignity. At Peerless Hospital there have been multiple training sessions across all levels of clinical and non clinical staff to provide care and comfort to them. The aim of the Clinic is to provide healthcare services through the clinic "Antar" twice a month with care and dignity towards the LGBT community to achieve inclusive healthcare. The inauguration of Antar was a part of two days programme of Rainbow Dialogue, a joint conference of South East Asian Youth and the LGBT Community.

Transgender clinic "Antar" would be run by general physician to screen the basic health issues of our trans citizens. The clinic will be held twice a month and prior registration for the clinic is necessary.To get registered to Antar, kindly email us your name and phone number in the following email id: antarpeerless@gmail.com. You will be contacted and will be assisted.

India has the largest number of children with thalassaemia major in the world – about 1 to 1.5 lakhs and almost 42 million carriers of Beta-thalassaemia trait. About 10,000 to 15,000 babies with thalassaemia major are born every year. In India, Beta-thalassaemia is prevalent across the country, with an average frequency of carriers being 3 to 4%. A higher frequency has been observed in certain communities, such as Sindhis, Punjabis, Gujaratis, Bengalis, Mahars, Kolis, Saraswats, Lohanas and Gaurs. Haemoglobinopathies is highly prevalent in the tribal populations of Southern, Central and Western states reaching as high as 48% in some communities.

This disease at present has no easy cure. The patients have to survive on regular safe blood transfusion and ancillary therapy. As iron is principal constituent of “haemoglobin”, the red pigment responsible for carrying oxygen, its destruction leads to iron overload also contributed to by the senile destruction of the transfused red cells and that, which is absorbed from the diet. This unbound iron is toxic, and gets ubiquitously deposited in various organs like heart, pancreas, pituitary and other endocrine organs, jeopardising their functional capacity. This leads to fatal complications if left untreated.

The uniqueness of this genetic disorder is that, it is carried by healthy individuals, who look perfectly normal and have a healthy life. If such a healthy carrier has a conjugal relationship with another such carrier, they may produce a baby with the disorder, with a chance factor of 25% in each pregnancy, for that couple.

Armed with this knowledge, it is fair to have 2 modus operandi :

• To maintain the already born thalassaemic children as near optimum health as possible, such that they can have a socially and economically productive life.
• To bring down the birth rate of new thalassaemia patients.

To maintain the already born thalassaemic children as near optimum health as possible, such that they can have a socially and economically productive life. To enable access of such patients to safe, correct and adequate blood components provided through state-of-the-art blood transfusion service. To keep an eye on different organ systems by way of performing different haematological, biochemical and sero-immunological tests at regular intervals for prediction and management of complications.

Regular monitoring of iron overload by measurement of Serum Ferritin for estimation of the generalized iron overload T2* and R2* by MRI for measurement of organ specific iron overload and subsequent response to chelation therapy. Prediction and management of Cardiac, Endocrinal, Orthopaedic, Gastroenterological, Growth & Development, Gynaecological and Infectious complications through multidisciplinary approach under one roof.

Why opt for the Thalassaemia and Haemoglobinopathy Clinic in Peerless Hospital?

• Availability of safe and adequate blood components through the Blood Bank and special components of blood for the patients.
• A blood transfusion unit dedicated to serve the needs of the thalassaemia patients.
• Provides organ specific iron overload detection facility for Cardiac, Pancreatic, Hepatic and Pituitary gland. This is done with the help of 1.5T MRI machine and dedicated T2* and R2* software. This service is being provided for the first time in the east zone, which would benefit the patients from the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives in addition to the local ones.
• Provided outdoor and indoor patient care.
• Provides multidisciplinary approach for this multi-system disorder through medical board comprising of experts from different fields, for such patients on regular basis which could have been possible only in a multidisciplinary hospital like Peerless.
• Provides prenatal diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, marriage and pregnancy counselling facilities.