Department of Pediatrics , Government Thiruvarur Medical college caters a great chunk of the needy sick children of Delta districts of Tamilnadu and also the border zone from karaikal. The department consists of Pediatric intensive care unit, Pediatric Resuscitation and Emergency Management  unit, General Paediatric wards and a well equipped Neonatology unit.

The 12 bedded Pediatric  intensive care unit is modernized and has got advanced equipments with centralized monitoring system and telemedicine connectivity to state HHDU unit.  General Paediatric wards consists of 2 units and has a capacity of 40 bed each with facility for isolation wards and Outbreak wards. PREM -Pediatric Resuscitation and emergency management unit, which is one the pillar of TAEI takes care of the critically ill child refered to our institution. Neonatology Unit is now spacious and expanded in a big way and functioning in the CEMONC building with 14 ICU beds and 16 Level2 beds and 10 level 1 beds and takes care of the referrals as well.

The academic activities of our department has reached the next level milestone in having got 3 MD postgraduates per year in addition to undergraduates. The post graduates of our Department have got winner awards in IAP Zonal round held at Trichy Medical College on August 25,2022. The Department also conducted a CME on Vaccinology  on 15 february 2023 made it a grand success with highly informative academic feast for varied audiences including UG,PG and Practioners.

The department also celebrates important national days like World Breastfeeding week celebrations, world child Health day, World hemophilia day, National Nutrition week, National newborn week, world down syndrome day.