Departments & Centers
Neonatology
Department Introduction
Introduction of Neonatology Department
Neonatology department, established in 1993, is one of the largest neonatal departments among obstetrics and gynecology hospitals in China. We have 130 medical staff members, including 30 pediatricians and 100 nurses, who are well trained and capable of monitoring, evaluating, diagnosing and treating critical conditions.
We offer three levels of neonatal service as follows:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 1 (NICU1) has 30 intensive care beds with advanced life support systems for various critical conditions of neonates, including acute respiratory failure, severe multi-organ dysfunction, severe sepsis/septic shock, early management for very low birth weight infants (VLBW), and extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW)/extremely premature infants (EPI).
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 2 (NICU2) has 50 beds with basic life support systems for the management of moderate preterm infants (gestational age 32-34w, or birth weight of 1500-1800g) and for the continuing care of VLBW, ELBW/EPI from NICU1.
Special Care Nursery (SCN) has 50 beds with basic life support systems for the management of late preterm and term infants with various high risk factors or diseases, such as low Apgar score, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, infection, feeding problems, etc.