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MBBS, MD (Paediatrics), FPCEC (JIPMER), FPCCM

OPD Timings:

Mon to Sat: 12pm to 2pm & 4pm to 8pm

Qualifications & Education:

  • MBBS
  • MD (Paediatrics)
  • FPCEC (JIPMER)
  • FPCCM
  • Clinical Fellow in PICU & CICU (King’s College Hospital & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London)
  • Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto)

Areas of Expertise:

  • Paediatric Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
  • Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
  • ECMO & CRRT in Paediatric Critical Care
  • Retrieval & Transport Medicine for critically ill children
  • Advanced Ventilation & Neurocritical Care
  • Paediatric Sepsis, ARDS, and Multi-Organ Failure Management

Clinical Interests:

  • Establishment of PICU & Paediatric Emergency Units in underserved regions
  • Training & empowerment of nursing staff in paediatric critical care
  • Simulation-based medical education (active role in PediSTARS)
  • Global health initiatives and NGO-based paediatric critical care
  • Outreach programmes for paediatric critical care in India

Professional Experience:

  • Senior Consultant – Paediatric Intensive Care, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Sarjapur, Bangalore
  • Consultant – Paediatric Intensive Care, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun
  • Locum Consultant – PICU, St. Mary’s Hospital, London
  • Clinical Associate – Paediatrics/PICU, Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram Hospital, Haridwar
  • Honorary Clinical Associate – Paediatrics/PICU, People Tree Hospital, Bangalore
  • Paediatric Intensivist – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Lebanon/Syria Border Region
  • Lead Paediatric Intensivist – People Tree Hospital, Bangalore
  • Junior Consultant – Paediatric Critical & Emergency Care, People Tree Hospital, Bangalore
  • Junior Registrar – Emergency Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore

Research & Presentations:

  • Research on feeding intolerance in bronchiolitis patients on HFNC, predictors of ICU admission, and prognostic value of liver dysfunction in dengue fever
  • Quality improvement projects on CRRT in children <10kg, neurological prognosis after cardiac arrest, and extubation readiness in PICU
  • Multiple poster and oral presentations at national and international conferences including WFPICCS, PICC, and pCRRT London
  • Publications in international journals including European Journal of Pediatrics

Conferences & Workshops:

  • Faculty for multiple PCCN & Paediatric Mechanical Ventilation workshops across India
  • Organizing Secretary – Critical Care Ultrasound & Paediatric Ventilation Workshops (Dehradun)
  • Faculty at PEDICON, PEDICRITICON, PACNephrocon, and SIMULUS workshops
  • Completed ECMO & Cardiac Morphology training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
  • Active faculty and Joint Secretary – PediSTARS (Paediatric Simulation Society)

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati

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29 September, 2026

What Causes Constipation in Children and How Can It Be Prevented?

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Constipation is one of the most common reasons parents bring children to a paediatrician, and one of the conditions most frequently dismissed as either not serious or straightforwardly solved by eating more fruit. Neither response reflects how complex and persistent constipation in children can be, or how significantly it affects a child's daily life when it is not properly managed.What Constipation Actually Means?Constipation is more than just passing stool less often. It is a diagnosis made when a child has difficult, painful or incomplete bowel movements, and can happen even if the child passes a stool every day, if those stools are hard, huge, or involve significant straining or discomfort. For children, a practical clinical definition is fewer than three spontaneous bowel movements per week or stools that are hard and unpleasant regardless of frequency.Many parents assume their child will grow out of it. Functional constipation, the most common type, is self-perpetuating if not managed. When passing a stool hurts, the child withholds the next stool. Withheld stool hardens further, making the next passage even more painful. The cycle continues and deepens, eventually causing faecal impaction, where a large hard mass accumulates in the rectum and becomes impossible to pass without medical assistance.Common Causes of Constipation in ChildrenFor families across

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