The
birth of a child is the happiest moment in any family. But if the child is born
unwell or sick then it brings severely bitter experience to a family. Green
Life hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a very delicate and
sensitive part of hospital where new born babies are treated for life
threatening illness. Neonates are cared in a 2:1 basis nursing and are
monitored and trained by specialized NICU doctors
Department
of Neonatology Green Life Hospital provides care for infants born in our Maternity Unit, as well as more advanced care and total
management of infants suffering from complex medical problems through the
hospital’s Neonatal ICU. While most of the babies delivered each year at the
hospital stay with their mothers in our maternity ward, premature infants or
those who have respiratory distress, jaundice, blood sugar problems, or other
difficulties, are cared for in the NICU. In the Neonatal ICU, our highly experienced
neonatologists, doctors and neonatal nurses are present at all times, ensuring
that high-risk newborns receive the specialty care that they need. A
paediatrician is also present to provide services to the newborns, making it a
multidisciplinary approach to care.
Function
of NICU
Within
minutes of a baby being born it can be told straightaway of how sick or well
the baby is. Especially problem within the heart and or lungs can present a
very risky life threatening situation for the baby. Looking after the overall
health of these babies is the primary function of the NICU. Needless to say it
is only possible in the NICU to provide oxygen and Artificial Life Support to
babies with lung and or heart problems. Other than that various other treatment
are given to newborns which are essentially the function of NICU.
Treatments in the NICU
The following treatments are provided by the NICU:
- Oxygen therapy
- Incubator support
- Intubation
- Ventilator support
- 24-hr monitoring of heart and lung functions
- Modern Laboratory facilities
- Consultation provided by experienced heart experts for babies with
any problem with the heart
- Modern facilities to test for heart problems
- Advanced phototherapy machine
- Exchange transfusion (i.e. Change of blood entirely)