Provision of specialized child healthcare services in Dana sub-district through Sham pediatric hospital The project aims to maintain and enhance the provision of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services for children through suppoting Sham pediatric hospital in Sarmada / Dana sub-district for 9 months, which considered as the only children’s specialized and key referral hospital in Sarmada.
The hospital provides 24/7 child healthcare services through the following departments:
1- Outpatients department (OPD), which runs by 4 paediatricians and 4 nurses cover OPD services on daily basis at morning and afternoon shift, providing assessment and management of outpatient paediatrics patients including General Pediatrician, Pediatric Nephrology, pediatric Hematology amp Oncology, Pediatric Cardiology amp Pediatric Rehabilitation amp Physical therapy. The pediatric hematologist amp the pediatric Neurologist are the only 2 doctors from their specialty in NWS Syria and they don't work in any other hospitals.
2- Paediatric inpatient department (IPD), runs by 6 pediatricians, 6 resident doctors and 12 nurses, the department has capacity of 75 beds for children required inpatients medical treatment, close monitoring and follow-up by specialised health professional. In addition, there is isolation ward devoted for highly contagious communicable diseases, moreover, the children with cancer will be admitted to the IPD to receive anti-cancer drugs that need carefully observation on supervision of pediatric hematologist.
3- Paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), 10 ICU beds and 6 Medical ventilators and 5 Cpap machines, the unit runs by trained 9 anaesthetic technicians working under supervision of paediatricians and guidance of structured emergency treatment protocols, through this project we plan to expand the ICU with 10 extra beds and 7 anaesthetic technicians to cover this expansion in order to fill the gap in children ICU services after the closure of Cilvagozu border and stop receiving referrals in Turkey as a result of COVID-19 outbreak.
4- Neonatology department comprising of 15 incubators, two intensive treatment devices (submarine), two normal treatment devices with 5 newborn beds, the department is equipped with both the manpower and the infrastructure required to care for the new born.
5- Pediatric Rehabilitation amp Physical therapy department, we'll establish the department through this project as it is an important gap needs to be filled, the department will provide the services under the Pediatric Rehabilitation amp Physical therapy doctor supervision with 2 physical therapists.
6- The paediatric hospital equipped with emergency treatment protocols, basic equipment, X-ray amp laboratory services and essential medicines and consumable medical supplies

The project will support Saramda hospital with medicines, consumable medical supplies, and logistic and running costs of the facility, including cleaning materials and stationary, waste management, maintenance, fuel/electricity, and other supplies that are essential for the facility to continue to function and provides standard quality health services.

AHF has a full coordination for this project with Health Cluster, WHO, IHD and other Partners on the area of implementation, and the hospital will strongly integrate with the following close child healthcare and nutrition services: 
- OTP center provides nutrition consultations, screening CU5 and PLW for malnutrition and providing treatment micronutrient supplementation (iron, folic acid, multi- vitamin and Vitamin A).
- Stabilization center with 10 beds covers inpatient services on daily 24/7, providing daily assessment and management of inpatient pediatrics for SAM with complications.
- EPI routine vaccine clinic.
- 2 ambulances from Sham ambulance system covering the hospital needs.

Facility HeRAMS code: G0703097