Dr. Anita Bakshi
Experience: Over 39 years
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
New Delhi, India
Introduction
Dr. Anita Bakshi looks after critically sick children at Indraprastha Apollo. He has spent twenty-five years inside PICUs watching monitors, adjusting ventilators, and making calls at 3 AM that decide whether a child pulls through the night. Families end up here when breathing tanks, organs start giving out one after another, seizures won’t break, sepsis takes over, or a kid on a ventilator somewhere else just isn’t getting better.
About Dr. Anita Bakshi
With nearly four decades in pediatric medicine, Dr. Anita Bakshi has spent the last 25 years working exclusively inside the intensive care unit. When a doctor spends a quarter of a century in the PICU, they learn how to handle massive clinical pressure without letting that stress bleed over to the family.
Her day-to-day involves managing life-support machines, setting up complex mechanical ventilators, and treating severe conditions. She also handles emergency pediatric seizures and aggressive infections. But her work doesn’t stop when a child finally comes off the ventilator. She is heavily involved in the rehabilitation phase, teaching parents exactly how to manage chronic lung issues and severe asthma at home so they don’t end up back in the emergency room.
Qualifications
- MBBS — University of Kashmir.
- MD (Pediatrics) — University of Kashmir.
Awards & Recognition
- Twenty-five plus years exclusively in critical pediatric care.
- AICC-RCOG Quiz winner Kolkata (2006).
- Member of ISCCM and IAP.
Specialities & Expertise
- Pediatric intensive care
- Sepsis and multi-organ failure
- Complex seizure management
- Ventilation strategies and ARDS
- Severe childhood asthma
- Developmental and chronic illness care
Patient Experience & Approach
Having a child admitted to the ICU is an absolute nightmare for any parent. Families often mention that Dr. Anita Bakshi understands this raw fear perfectly. Instead of just checking the monitors and walking away, she actually stops to explain what all the beeping machines do and why certain IV medications are being used. For kids dealing with chronic asthma or lung problems, parents really appreciate how much time she spends teaching them home-based care. She makes sure they leave the hospital feeling confident enough to handle future flare-ups safely.