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Paediatrics Department
Deliver specialised, compassionate care that meets children’s unique health needs
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Brief Introduction
The Department of Paediatrics at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital is the tertiary referral centre for children in the country, consisting of a 199-bedded facitity to include a Neonatal Unit, a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency Unit, Haemato-Oncology ward and 3 general wards.
The Department of Paediatrics was established in 1978. Over the years, the Department of Paediatrics has advanced significantly whereby subspecialisation in Paediatrics care has been established over the years in stages and new subspecialties continue to be explored in our effort to ensure the children of Brunei Darussalam enjoy the best and most updated treatment and care modalities.
What We Offer
General Paediatrics
General inpatient wards
General paediatric clinics
Subspecialty clinics
Immunisation service for high-risk paediatric patients
Neonatal Services
Early antenatal and pre-delivery counseling for parents with high-risk pregnancies
Attendance at high-risk deliveries
Resuscitation of sick newborns
Neonatal intensive care, including:
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation
Total parenteral nutrition
Pre- and post-operative care for surgical neonates
In-house ultrasonography (USS) for cranial USS and echocardiograms
Postnatal ward care for well newborns rooming-in with mothers
Follow-up neonatology outpatient clinics for babies needing early medical care
Universal newborn screening for:
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
Congenital hypothyroidism (since 1991)
Congenital hip dislocation and congenital heart disease (during newborn examination)
Hearing impairment (Otoacoustic Emission [OAE] and Automated Auditory Brainstem Response [AABR] since 2015)
Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity (since 2002)
Paediatrics Cardiology
Neonatal and paediatric cardiology
2D echocardiogram, fetoechocardiogram, transoesophageo-echocardiogram
Electrocardiogram, 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram
Exercise treadmill
Emergency balloon atrial septostomy
Adult congenital heart disease follow-up
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Offers multi-disciplinary Paediatric intensive care for both medical and surgical patients.
Includes post-operative care for:
Neurosurgery