Dr Sanjay Sinhal is a Neonatologist

and Paediatrician in Adelaide.

He has been a consultant at the
Neonatal Intesive Care Unit at
Flinders Medical Centre since 2009.
He also consults at Flinders Private
Hospital and Ashford Hospital.

Dr Sinhal has more than a decade of experience

in paediatrics and neonatology from two
continents.
Dr Sinhal has a distinguished career highlighted
by a number of awards and certificates of
distinction. He has undertaken six years of
training in Pediatrics and Neonatal Medicine at
The Royal Womens Hospital & The Royal
Childrens Hospital in Melbourne and at Princess
Margaret Hospital & King Edward Memorial
Hospital in Perth. During advanced training in
neonatology, he won the Advanced Trainee
Research Award of the The Royal Australasian
College of Physicians in Victoria. He has
presented many research papers in national and
international conferences and has published
articles in scientific medical journals.

Dr Sinhal completed his medical

training in Pune, one of the most
populous cities in the world. He
graduated from Indias flagship
medical institute B J Medical
College, which treats more than
0.5 million outpatient visits
annually. He completed three
years Residency in Pediatrics at a
major tertiary referral centre in
the region, the Sassoon General
Hospitals in Pune, with Dux of year
award in postgraduate clinical
examination of MD Pediatrics. At
medical school, he was awarded a
gold medal in Medicine at final
MBBS examination of the
University of Pune. He then joined
as a lecturer in Paediatrics at Pune
University and worked as a
consultant paediatrician at
Sassoon General Hospitals.

Dr Sinhal is committed to providing world

class care with a compassionate personal
touch. Having treated thousands of
newborns and children with various
disorders has given him an ability to
choose best suitable treatment for an
individual child. Dr Sinhal strives hard to
keep himself up to date with current
advances in paediatric medicine.
Apart from above clinical appointments at
Flinders and Ashford, Dr Sinhal is Lecturer
in Paediatrics at Flinders University and an
examiner for Paediatricians examination
of the Royal Australasian College of
Physicians.

Flinders Medical Centre

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This is one of 2 NICUs in South Australia where extremely premature newborns
with birth weight as low as 400gm are treated. Various complex disorders of
premature newborns are successfully managed at this NICU.

Flinders Private Hospital

Newborn Nursery
This is Level 2 newborn nursery where premature newborns babies > 34 weeks of
gestational age are treated. Newborns requiring intensive care are transferred to a
tertiary neonatal ICU.

Ashford Hospital
Newborn Nursery
This is Level 2 newborn nursery where premature newborns >32 weeks of
gestational age are treated. Newborns requiring intensive care are transferred to a
tertiary neonatal ICU.

Developmental Milestones

These developmental milestones are only a guide.

There is a range of normal age when developmental
milestones are achieved by normal children. Most
children achieve some milestones earlier and other
milestones later than the population-averages
indicated below. Some infants skip a milestone and
demonstrate the next milestone at appropriate age.
Some children are slower in achieving some
milestones but are normal as they catch up. Please
check with your CYH nurse or doctor if in doubt.

GROSS MOTOR
Birth : head to one side (clears nose and airway from mattress) pelvis high,
knees drawn up under the tummy
6 week : only chin lifted off the couch
12 week : chin and shoulder off the couch
6 months : bears weight of upper body on hands with extended arms