 Visiting a hospital these days for your child's illness can be a bit unsettling and you might be worried whether it is safe to do so. To alleviate such concerns, we at Manipal Hospital's Bangalore have evolved as a healthcare provider by bringing in a set of necessary and precautionary changes to provide a safe and secure environment for our pediatric patients. The pediatric emergency room at Manipal Hospital and the entire department of pediatrics has been fully operational from the onset of this pandemic and we had to make a few changes in the functioning of the department so that we keep all our little patients, the attenders as well as the staff really, really safe. So we've taken all kind of precautions to kind of segregate out patients who may have fever from those who do not have fever. To facilitate this, all visitors to our pediatric department follow a certain screening process before they are cleared to visit the OPD's inside the hospital. Everyone is screened for symptoms at the two main entrances followed by a brief verbal questionnaire. If a child appears to exhibit symptoms, they are accompanied to the fever clinic for assessment. In cases of emergency, they are taken to the triaging room which is a negative pressure zone and is fully disinfected between patients. Symptomatic patients are catered to by the emergency team in specially demarcated inpatient wards so as to prevent contamination to other inpatients being treated with us. Only asymptomatic patients are cleared to proceed to the pediatric OPD or the common pediatric ER to ensure that everyone within them is safe. We at Manipal hospitals have implemented international level sanitization and safety protocols in our pediatric operation theatres and intensive care units as well and are restricting to just one attendant inside the OT while all our surgical and caregiving staff follow stringent safety guidelines while being equipped with personal protective equipment. The same care is being taken at the vaccination section as well so you can get your child vaccinated without worry. The Department of Pediatrics at Manipal Hospital has taken every single step to ensure your child's safety, your safety and the healthcare workers safety in case your child has any health related concern do feel confident that your child will be cared for in the safest environment possible here. All these measures are undertaken because we share your concern for the safety of your child. If you're worried about being a good mother it means you already are one and at Manipal hospitals today more than ever the safety of our pediatric patients is our utmost priority.