NICU at Rangadore Memorial Hospital, is a one of its kind NICU located in Shankarapuram, South Bangalore catering to a diverse population of all strata. Supported by the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham Charitable Trust , it upholds the motto of the hospital in providing Quality Care at affordable Cost.
It is headed by a very senior and popular Neonatologist Dr Janaki Vishwanath and her team of Consultants. Other super-specialities, Junior Consultants, Neonatal Fellows, DNB residents and highly trained Nursing and support staff are the backbone of the unit.
It is one of the largest NICUs (25 bedded) in South Bangalore having inborn, outborn, and isolation units with facilities to take care of the smallest and sickest babies as well. Inborn babies constitute all preterm babies below 35 wk gestation and babies weighing below 2 kg.
Preterm and term babies requiring monitoring, evaluation and treatment for multiple conditions like infection (sepsis), transient tachypnoea of newborn, pneumonia, meconium aspiration syndrome, low sugars, fits (seizures), severe jaundice, bleeding disorders, major and minor surgical problems, birth asphyxia, temperature instability and many more clinical conditions are admitted and managed.
Overall inborn babies constitute about 40% cases admitted to NICU. Inborn unit referrals also include many high -risk, in -utero, maternal transfers that are regularly referred to our hospital a very able South Bangalore Obstetrics and Gyn team of doctors. The SBOBGYN team conducts about 100 deliveries per month. RMH NICU is also a very popular referral centre catering to preterm and sick babies in and outside Bangalore. The out born babies constitute about 60% cases admitted to NICU.

Facilities :
The facilities available in our NICU include,

• Treatment of preterm low birth babies as small as 25-26 wks gestation and 500-600 gms weight
• Stabilisation and transfer of all high risk babies with a dedicated transport incubator and transport team
• Whole body cooling (Therapeutic hypothermia) for babies that were revived at birth (Birth asphyxia)
• Conventional and High frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) for sick babies
• Oxygen delivery through hood box, HFNC, CPAP systems
• Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy for babies with pulmonary hypertension
• Exchange transfusion for babies with severe jaundice (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia)
• Post-operative care for major surgeries like Tracheo-Esophgeal fistula, Congenital
• Diaphragmatic hernia, Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, Hirschsprung’s disease and many more
• Intensive phototherapy