Dr. Shrikant Giri

Pediatric allergies can affect a child's health, comfort, and daily activities. Dr. Shrikant Giri specializes in diagnosing and managing conditions such as food allergies, allergic rhinitis, eczema, and immune-related disorders. Through evidence-based treatment and personalized care, he helps children achieve better symptom control and long-term well-being.

Asthma requires timely diagnosis and comprehensive management to ensure a healthy childhood. Dr. Shrikant Giri provides specialized care for children with recurrent wheezing, breathlessness, and chronic respiratory symptoms. His individualized treatment approach helps improve asthma control, reduce flare-ups, and support an active lifestyle.

Respiratory disorders can significantly impact a child's growth and quality of life. Dr. Shrikant Giri offers expert evaluation and treatment for chronic cough, recurrent chest infections, breathing difficulties, and other pediatric lung conditions. His focus is on accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and long-term respiratory health.

Early identification of allergy triggers is essential for effective treatment and prevention. Dr. Shrikant Giri utilizes advanced diagnostic methods, including Allergy Skin Prick Testing, to accurately determine the causes of allergic symptoms. This enables targeted treatment plans that improve outcomes and enhance quality of life.

Advanced lung function testing plays a crucial role in assessing respiratory health in children. Dr. Shrikant Giri is experienced in performing and interpreting Spirometry, Lung Oscillometry, and FeNO testing for accurate diagnosis and monitoring. These investigations support personalized treatment strategies and better long-term respiratory care.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Shri Shishu Bhawan represents the most advanced level of newborn care available in Bilaspur and across Chhattisgarh for the most critically ill newborns - premature infants, babies with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, neonates with respiratory failure, infection, surgical emergencies, and metabolic crises whose outcomes depend on the quality of care in the first hours and days of life. Dr. Shrikant Giri, Director of Shri Shishu Bhawan and MATRIARCH Mother and Child Hospital, brings to this NICU a clinical profile that is among the most specialised in neonatal medicine in the region: Registered NRP Instructor for both IAP and NNF, State Basic NRP Coordinator, and Regional Advanced NRP Instructor - qualifications that reflect not only his clinical competency in neonatal resuscitation but his role in training healthcare professionals across Chhattisgarh in newborn emergency response. His published research in therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy - the treatment that reduces brain injury in asphyxiated newborns by cooling the baby to 33 to 34 degrees Celsius for 72 hours - reflects a direct clinical contribution to the management of one of neonatal medicine's most serious emergencies. Cranial ultrasonography for brain injury assessment, POCUS guidance for umbilical vein catheterisation, and research on bilirubin measurement in preterm neonates add to a portfolio of clinical and academic work that is directly relevant to the babies he manages. As Mentor and Facilitator for SNCUs in tribal districts of Chhattisgarh, he has extended specialist neonatal knowledge to healthcare professionals in areas where access to tertiary neonatal services has historically been the greatest challenge.

The first 28 days of a baby's life are the period of greatest clinical risk in all of childhood, and the warning signs that require emergency attention are specific, identifiable, and - critically - are signs that parents can be taught to recognise. Newborns deteriorate faster than older children, and what is a manageable emergency at presentation can become a critical one within hours if action is delayed. Knowing when to go to hospital immediately, rather than watching and waiting, is one of the most important things a family can take from a neonatal consultation. Dr. Shrikant Giri, Director of Shri Shishu Bhawan, Bilaspur, with 20 years of neonatal clinical experience and as a Regional Advanced NRP Instructor, provides the following guidance for families in Bilaspur and Chhattisgarh. Seek emergency care immediately - do not wait - if your newborn has: blue or grey colour to the face, lips, or trunk; breathing that is very fast (above 60 per minute), very laboured, or that has stopped; fits or seizures (rhythmic jerking, eye deviation, stiffening); extreme limpness or inability to be roused; bulging of the soft spot on the top of the head; fever of 38 degrees Celsius or above in a baby under 3 months; inability to wake for feeds; projectile vomiting after every feed; blood in stool or vomit; jaundice appearing in the first 24 hours, or jaundice spreading to the palms and soles. For safe sleep, place the baby on their back on a firm flat surface for every sleep - this practice has dramatically reduced SIDS rates globally. Vaccination at birth includes BCG, OPV, and Hepatitis B - all recommended and safe. Newborn screening at Shri Shishu Bhawan includes OAE hearing assessment, pulse oximetry for congenital heart disease, and metabolic screening including congenital hypothyroidism - early identification allows treatment before any harm occurs.

More than half of all term newborns develop visible jaundice in the first week of life, which is why the yellow colour of a newborn baby is one of the most common findings parents and clinicians encounter in the neonatal period. The vast majority of this jaundice is physiological: it follows a predictable pattern, it arises from a normal biological process, and it resolves without treatment. But within this very common and usually benign condition sits a subset of jaundice that is pathological, arising from a different mechanism, and capable of rising to dangerous levels if not identified and treated promptly. The clinical skill in neonatal jaundice management is distinguishing between the two with precision. Dr. Shrikant Giri, MD Paediatrics, Fellowship in Critical Care (IAP), Director of Shri Shishu Bhawan and Coordinator and Teacher at the DNB Postgraduate Institute, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, with published research on transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in preterm neonates conducted at Shri Shishu Bhawan, has made the accurate, non-invasive monitoring of bilirubin in newborns a specific area of clinical and research focus. Physiological jaundice follows a specific temporal pattern: it does not appear in the first 24 hours of life, it peaks between day three and day five, and it resolves by two weeks in term babies and by three weeks in premature babies. The biology is straightforward: the newborn has a higher red blood cell load than an adult, those cells have a shorter lifespan, and the immature liver processes the bilirubin produced by their breakdown more slowly than a mature liver. This is a normal adaptation, not a disease. Pathological jaundice departs from this pattern in specific ways. Jaundice appearing within the first 24 hours of life is always pathological and always requires urgent blood tests and assessment, because it almost always represents haemolytic jaundice from blood group incompatibility, most commonly Rh incompatibility or ABO incompatibility between mother and baby, where maternal antibodies cross the placenta and destroy fetal red blood cells, producing bilirubin at a rate far exceeding the liver's capacity to process it. Jaundice that progresses very rapidly after the physiological phase, jaundice that persists beyond two weeks in a term baby, jaundice accompanied by pale or clay-coloured stools and dark urine indicating a liver or bile duct problem, and jaundice in a baby who is unwell or feeding poorly are all indications for urgent assessment. Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement, which uses a handheld device pressed gently against the newborn's skin to estimate bilirubin without a needle, is used at Shri Shishu Bhawan as the first-line screening tool for jaundice assessment, validated by Dr. Giri's own published research in preterm neonates, to reduce the number of blood samples a newborn requires while maintaining the accuracy needed to keep every baby safe.