The BCH performs over 150 surgical procedures for infants, children and adolescents each year. Pediatric surgeons treat children for a wide variety of congenital, infectious, traumatic and other specialized problems. Through collaboration among pediatric specialties, young surgical patients receive the most comprehensive continuum of care.

Pediatric Surgery Department at Belgaum Children's Hospital deals with a full range of surgical procedures required in children and focuses on the unique physiology and anatomy of the young patient. A need is recognized, and a comprehensive approach focusing on it is utilized. Close cooperation with the pediatrician is maintained at all times.
 

The Pediatric Surgery Unit specializes in Newborn Surgery, the correction and treatment of newborn congenital anomalies, the surgical treatment of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases, and the cases of the traumatically injured child.

Pediatric Surgeons Dr. Shankar Malapure & Dr. Sanjeev Kaddu have operated on most of the Neonatal - Pediatric Surgical Emergencies. Commonly done surgeries include:

Diaphragmatic Hernias

Newborn & Pediatric Intestinal Perforations / Obstructions

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric stenosis

Ano-Rectal Malformations

Meningoceles

Trauma Surgeries

V P Shunt surgery