Introduction

Aga Khan University, chartered in as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research and health care of international standard relevant to Pakistan and the region.

The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health is committed to providing state-of-the-art clinical services to children. It imparts high quality undergraduate and postgraduate training and carries out community-oriented research of public health importance. The Department consists of a group of dedicated full-time and part-time Faculties. Besides the outpatient clinics, the inpatient set-up consists of a Paediatrics Ward with two units comprising of 84 beds, a dedicated 5-bed area for Paediatrics Neurology, a Neonatal unit with facility of admitting 24 neonates along with ventilator support at a time, a dedicated Paediatrics ICU and post cardiac ICU and round the clock critical care; all looked after by fully trained Paediatrics...