Appearance premature baby in the home poses many dilemmas to parents in everyday life life: even the simplest things like getting dressed or going for a walk don't It is obvious. It is certain that a premature baby needs more care.

Them the later week of birth and the heavier the weight of the premature baby, the larger the the chances of surviving it. One of the smallest girls born in Poland she was born in a hospital in Warsaw. On the day of her birth, she was only 380 Grams.

With due to a number of defects that may appear in premature babies and different degrees of their at birth, these children require special conditions for the use of Life. That is why it is so important to take proper care of a premature baby. Thanks Doctors are saving more and more premature babies due to the huge progress of medicine.

Branch Neonatology at the Pro-Medica Hospital Sp. z .o.o.

Branch Neonatology in Ełk is a small but thriving Department II reference level, i.e. that, if necessary, the Ward is provided with personal and housing possibilities so that after the birth up to 2 months ahead of time (from the 32nd week of pregnancy) or later, the child could stay in the ward with the mother instead of going to another city.

In The ward gives birth to healthy babies, but also premature babies and children from pregnancies complicated.

Returned particular attention is paid to meeting the standard of perinatal care, inter alia, contact between mother and child after birth – uninterrupted contact, the so-called "kangaroo care"; which was honored by the "Maluchy na stomachy" foundation Gold Medal (ranking published 01.09.2023). According to the Rodzić Po Foundation The Ełk Neonatal Department is one of the 3 best rated branches throughout the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Branch also prides itself on conducting extensive, modern diagnostics, including ultrasound fontanelles, ultrasound of the lungs, abdominal cavity or echocardiography, thanks to which The youngest inhabitants of our city and the surrounding area often do not have to be exposed to X-rays

Each the willing mother is provided with the support of a Certified Lactation Advisor.

Conducted there is also a Neonatal Clinic, where the development of patients is observed Ward in the first 3 years of life. There is a program for premature babies drug treatment, thanks to which children can avoid infection with the dangerous RSV virus, severe respiratory distress.

About the activities of the Branch can be read on the Facebook page "Rodę w Ełku", Instagram "Pomatodówka Ełk".