Department of Post-intensive Care
Place of provision of services: 2 Lobanovskyi Ave.
Place of provision of services: 9 Predslavynska St.
A baby born prematurely needs special care. After all vital functions of the child are stabilized in the intensive care unit, it is transferred together with the mother to the department of the second stage of leaving children. Here, intensive therapy, respiratory support in CPAP mode, etc. continue.
Department Specialization
The purpose of creating this Department is as follows:
- treatment, diagnosis, screening of children born prematurely;
- reducing the level of disability of children born prematurely;
- teaching parents basic skills of caring for the child.
Equipment
All beds of the Department are adapted to the stay of the mother with her child. This gives the mother the opportunity to be next to the child at all medical activities, take care, breastfeed, carry on her hands, apply peroral forms of treatment, and learn all the peculiarities of the childcare.
The Department is provided with the necessary equipment to give the high-level assistance. Wards are equipped with pulse oximeters to monitor the condition of children. The personnel of the Department have a unique experience in the rehabilitation of children, who were born prematurely. Our specialists and constantly improve their knowledge in Ukraine and abroad.
Department assignments
We understand the importance of parental care because the presence of parents enhance the child’s health indicators. We also recognize the need to support mother since a lot depends on her health. We provide the psychological assistance to mothers who have children born prematurely.
Our objective is to provide the highly qualified neonatology care to newborns and premature children born with low and extremely low weight. The Department widely uses one of the most effective methods of rehabilitation for children – kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact).
All mothers also receive strong support with breastfeeding and consultations of leading experts on this issue. We adhere to the principles of the humanization of medical procedures for newborns and strive to minimize all medical interventions.
