St. Family Specialized Hospital celebrated World Prematurity Day (17.11.) with children born prematurely at the facility. They were accompanied by their families, medical staff involved in the process of caring for premature babies and Warsaw Deputy Mayor Renata Kaznowska.
World Prematurity Day at the Holy Family Specialized Hospital
Published Nov. 20, 2023 10:57
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Each year, more than 7 percent of premature babies are born in Poland. However, medicine is providing more and more opportunities to save the lives of the smallest babies born prematurely. Over the past five years, nearly 1,200 premature babies have received care at the hospital's Prematurity and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In the last year, after obtaining the third degree of reference, 160 newborns required support, including the smallest Emma - with a birth weight of 590 g., Umut - born at 23 weeks' gestation or Anastasia who stayed at the Sub-Department for the longest time - 109 days.
On World Prematurity Day, nurses received a statue from the hands of the hospital management thanking them for their care, empathy and concern for the smallest patients: Justyna Bielinska, Urszula Wendolf, Jolanta Paszczuk, midwives Sylwia Bielec, Anna Krauze and Dr. n. med. Beata Pawlus, Head Doctor of the Neonatology Department. Symbolically, the facade of the building is illuminated in purple.
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A premature baby is a baby born between the 22nd and 37th week of pregnancy. Sometimes its birth weight is less than 1,500 grams. Therefore,specialized treatment and care of a premature newborn requires teamwork. A neonatologist, nurse, psychologist, music therapist, lactation consultant, physiotherapist and neurologist are involved. The Prematurity and Intensive Care Subdivision of the Neonatology Department of the Holy Family Specialized Hospital, with a level III reference, provides treatment and medical care to even the most immature and sickly newborns, including those on the verge of survival.
