Vitals Clinic - A.P. Colony
Child Growth and Nutrition Check
Measured properly, plotted on WHO and IAP charts, and read against the child's own earlier points.
₹300
₹360
per visitChoose a date
The Shuunnya promise
The child compared with their own earlier points rather than another child, the chart printed and taken home, and a plain nothing needs doing when that is the truth.
- Compared with the child's own earlier points, not other children
- No tonic or appetite syrup for a child growing normally
- Nothing is dispensed here, so nothing can be sold to you
- You leave with the printed chart, not only a verdict
Quality & reports
Shuunnya VerifiedIndependent quality and lab reports for this product — download to verify.
- MBBS with current State Medical Council registration, verified against the National Medical Register. NO PRACTITIONER IS Certificate · State Medical Council, under the National Medical Commission Act 2019 · 2026-06 Download
- Clinical Establishments Act 2010 registration for the premises. NOT YET GRANTED, and the clinic may not operate until it Certificate · Registering authority under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 · 2026-06 Download
Details
Twenty scheduled minutes: the child measured carefully, plotted on standard growth charts, and the chart read against that child's own earlier points rather than against the neighbour's child. Most children brought in as thin are growing perfectly well along their own line, and the honest answer to that is nothing needs doing. It is also the answer that earns nothing, which is why it is so rarely the one given. What gets sold instead is an appetite syrup, a tonic or a multivitamin, and a normal growth curve is not an indication for any of them. Nothing of that kind is prescribed here for a child who is growing normally, and no supplement is dispensed here at all, because no drug licence is held and there is therefore nothing on a shelf to sell you. A single point on a chart tells you very little. Two points a few months apart tell you a great deal, because growth is a direction rather than a position. So this is a check you repeat rather than a verdict you buy once, and the printed chart goes home with you so the next point can be added to it wherever it is taken. Which charts: the WHO growth standards up to five years, and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics charts from five to eighteen. They are different instruments for different ages and using the wrong one moves a child across a line without anything about the child changing. Vitals Clinic at A.P. Colony is not open. There is no practitioner in post, no premises registration and no appointment book, and this page does not pretend otherwise. What is written here is the specification: the qualification the role requires, the register the person must appear on, and the licence the premises must hold. Booking opens when those exist, and not before.
- 20 scheduled minutes: measurement, plotting, and an actual reading of the chart
- Weight, length or height, head circumference under 3 years, and body mass index
- Plotted on WHO standards to age 5 and IAP charts from 5 to 18, against the child's own earlier points
- A three day food recall discussed with the parent, not a printed diet sheet handed over
- No tonic, appetite syrup or multivitamin for a child who is growing normally
- Blood tests only where the chart or the history gives a reason, quoted before they are run
- The printed chart goes home with you, not into a file
Product information
What is included, and what is not
- Time
- 20 scheduled minutes. Most of it is the reading, not the measuring
- Measurements
- Weight, recumbent length under 2 years or standing height above, head circumference under 3 years, and body mass index calculated from height and weight
- Equipment specification
- An infantometer for length under 2 years, a stadiometer above, and a digital scale readable to 100 g, each checked against a known mass at a stated interval. No equipment has been bought yet, so there is no calibration record to show and this page will not invent one
- Plotting
- WHO growth standards to 5 years, Indian Academy of Pediatrics charts from 5 to 18. Against the child's own earlier points wherever they exist
- Diet review
- A three day food recall talked through with the parent. A printed diet chart handed over without that conversation is decoration
- Take home
- The printed chart, plus a written note of what to change, if anything
- NOT included, supplements
- Nothing is dispensed here. No drug licence is held, so there is no tonic, syrup or multivitamin on any shelf. The conflict of interest that drives most of this prescribing simply does not exist here
- NOT included, tests
- Blood tests only where the chart or the history calls for them, quoted before they are run, never added by default
- How often
- Every 3 to 6 months while a curve is being watched, otherwise yearly. Repeating it monthly produces noise, not information
- Referral and commission
- No commission on a referral, no target on any panel, and no revenue share with any laboratory, imaging centre or hospital. A test is asked for when the answer would change what you are told to do, and not otherwise
Who provides it, and what registration that requires
- The qualification the role requires
- MBBS with current State Medical Council registration, checked against the National Medical Register. A postgraduate paediatric qualification where the role is filled by a paediatrician
- Who is in post today
- Nobody. No practitioner has been appointed, and there are no earlier points on any chart here because no child has been measured
- The premises licence
- Registration under the Clinical Establishments Act 2010. Not yet granted
- Bring with you
- Any earlier growth records, the immunisation card, and the school health slip if there is one. Earlier points are worth more than anything measured today
- When this can be delivered
- When a registered practitioner is appointed and the premises registration under the Clinical Establishments Act 2010 is granted. Not before. Nothing on this page describes a service running today
- Subcontracting
- Not subcontracted. The specification is that the person who attends is on the Shuunnya roll, police verified, with the registration checked against the issuing register rather than a photocopy, and references contacted
What this check does and does not do, and if something goes wrong
- What it does
- It measures and it plots, and somebody qualified reads the plot. That is the whole of it
- What it does not do
- It does not diagnose a condition, it does not screen for one, and it is not a treatment in itself
- Why one point means little
- Growth is a direction, not a position. A child on a low line who is following that line steadily is usually fine; a child on a high line who has stopped following it is the one worth looking at. One visit cannot tell those apart
- A measurement that looks wrong
- Re-measured at no charge. A wrongly measured height moves a child a whole band on a chart, and shoes left on or a head not positioned properly is enough to do it
- What is not covered
- A promise about how tall a child will be, or an assurance that a normal chart means nothing is wrong anywhere. A growth chart measures growth and nothing else
Ratings & reviews
Loading reviews...
More in Clinic & Health
View all Vitals Clinic - A.P. Colony
Basic Blood Panel, Counts, Sugar and Kidney
Twenty three reported values from one draw, with every analyte, method and tube listed before you book.
Book a visit →
Vitals Clinic - A.P. Colony
Child Vaccination Visit, Administration Fee
An administration fee only. The vaccine is not in this price, and no vaccine is stocked here yet.
Book a visit →
Vitals Clinic - A.P. Colony
Child Wellness Visit, 25 Minutes
Twenty five scheduled minutes, long enough that the parent gets their questions answered too.
Book a visit →
Vitals Clinic - A.P. Colony
Dental Check-up and Advice
Fifteen minutes, a written itemised plan with a price on every line, set off against treatment within 30 days.
Book a visit →