Introduction: The neonatal period (0 to 28 days of life) has been the most critical period of life because of the various problems associated with it. Quite a few studies in India have described in detail the morbidity profile of tertiary care NICUs.

Materials and Method: It was an observational study done at Regional hospital Bilaspur, all neonates admitted in SNCU between 2015 to 2019 were included in the study.

Result: A total of 1833 neonates were admitted during the study period, Neonatal jaundice was found to be the most common cause of admission 834 (45.4%), Other prominent causes were sepsis 242 (13.2%), birth asphyxia 125 (6.8%), meconium aspiration syndrome 103 (5.6%).

Conclusion: Our study shows that neonatal jaundice birth asphyxia and sepsis are the commonest causes of admission.

Keywords: Special neonatal care unit, mortality and morbidity profile.

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Sonia Kashyap MD

Internal Medicine (Medical Specialist), DDU, Shimla, HP