Neonatology encompasses the following services:
Neonatology is committed to providing high quality family-integrated care (FICare). The goal of FICare is to support the partnership between parents and staff, promote parent-baby interactions and to build parent confidence.
FICare places parents at the centre of care-giving for their baby and strives to:
- provide optimal care for all babies admitted to the neonatal units
- ensure parents are involved in the decision making and care for their baby
- support parents to care for their babies by educating them on mouth-care, cleaning, washing, feeding and kangaroo-care
- promote the parent-baby bond
- empower parents through education and support
- prepare families for discharge
- provide support and home visiting after discharge to babies who require follow-up care.