[children's transport group] New Neonatal Unit in Birmingham, UK
- From: ian braithwaite <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:21:00 +0100
From their press release ...
Tiny babies and Neonatal Staff will be making a special journey as
they move into their brand new £7million home on Wednesday 8th
September.
The new Neonatal Unit which will be the new and greatly improved home
for the many premature and sick babies cared for at Birmingham Women’s
Hospital in Edbaston.
It has taken two years to build and includes quiet flooring and
inbuilt computers in the intensive care cots.
Over 24 premature and sick newborns will be carefully transferred to
the unit in a precisely planned operation involving over 30 nurses and
doctors as well as support staff and medical engineers.
Demand for neonatal cots has grown year on year as the birth rate has
risen and it has been possible to treat increasingly small and younger
babies than ever before. The new unit will have the capacity for 50
cots including up to 26 intensive and high dependency care cots, to
meet the growing demand for specialist care.
More than 800 babies are treated in the Birmingham Women’s Hospital
neonatal unit every year. Some babies just need a little extra
support during their first few days of life while the smallest and
sickest babies need intensive care for several months before they are
well enough to go home.
Chief Executive Steve Peak commented, “It is a great day to have the
unit open on time and to see the neonatal team move into their new
home. The new facilities will be a significant improvement for our
parents, families and all the staff. Improved capacity will mean that
we will be able to treat and care for more babies in the future in our
state of the art Neonatal Unit.”
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