General information

About the department

The Department of Neonatology at MBAL VITA has been established and operates its activities in accordance with the regulatory requirements of the Medical Institutions Act. Its structure and equipment are of second-level competence - we care for newborns weighing over 1200 grams. It is located on the second floor of the modern VITA building and is built according to the most modern European requirements for the efficiency of care for the hospital's smallest patients.

What the department includes:

• Two resuscitation areas in the Delivery Room, one of which is in the Operating Room for cesarean sections
• Physiological sector with twenty beds for healthy newborns
• Intensive sector with ten beds:
  • five intensive units (including incubator, respirator, monitor and perfusor) for intensive treatment of at-risk newborns
  • five functional units - for post-intensive treatment and special care

All premises of the Department of Neonatology are located immediately next to the Delivery Room and Operating Room. They are on one floor and have an optimal area for their functioning, in accordance with the requirements of the Neonatology Standard for second-level competence.

Neonatology consultation office at DCC VITA

DCC VITA has a Neonatology consultation office, in which free preventive examinations during the first month after birth and routine pediatric consultation for healthy infants are carried out, as well as highly specialized preventive activities such as:

• monitoring the development of children born from pathological pregnancies
• monitoring the development of low-weight children
• specific immunoprophylaxis for premature infants
• monitoring of full-term children who have undergone intensive treatment

Admission and informing of parents

The staff includes neonatologists with two specialties each, highly qualified intensive care nurses and midwives.

Admission of patients to the Department of Neonatology is either scheduled or emergency.

Upon admission, the newborns' relatives are strictly informed of their rights and obligations during the stay, which are reflected in the Internal Regulations of the Department of Neonatology. Parents are informed of the position and name of all those involved in the diagnostic and treatment process, and of the need for their consent for all relevant tests and treatment to be carried out.

Patients or their relatives are entitled to free psychological support during the hospital stay.

Care for the mother and breastfeeding

The team of the neonatology department is a supporter of exclusive breastfeeding, because mother's milk is the best food for the newborn and the young infant. We do everything possible to encourage mothers to breastfeed, including by raising the children entirely in the mother's room during the hospital stay, if they wish to do so.

One of the duties of the neonatology nurses and midwives is to help mothers with the first time putting the baby to the breast. They teach them how to change diapers, show them how to care for the baby's skin, what is important when bathing and treating the umbilical cord remnant. Our goal is for every mother to return home fully prepared to care for her newborn baby, confident and calm.

The specialists in the Department of Neonatology have the skills to present information about the newborn's health status to their relatives in an accessible way. Parents give their written consent by signing declarations and informed consent for all diagnostic and treatment procedures that may need to be applied.

Discharge

The newborn has a Medical History, in which their condition is recorded in detail daily and the results of all paraclinical tests are kept.

The baby is discharged from the department with a detailed epicrisis.