Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Overview
The NICU provides initial care of all newborns delivered at the hospital, as well as managing sick newborns up to 28 days old who may require readmission for close monitoring or specialized procedures. The DWH NICU has a capacity of 10 beds for well babies, 4 beds for critically ill babies, and 3 beds dedicated to an isolation room for outborns or babies with infections.
Mission & Vision
Our Mission
“Is to provide the highest quality care to all Neonates — cost-effective, family-focused neonatal medical care to our patients.”
Our Vision
“To be recognized as a highest center provider of comprehensive, evidence-based, cost-effective and family-centered neonatal medical care; a provider of excellence in service to our referring physicians; and a supportive, equitable and excellence-based group in which to practice neonatal-perinatal medicine.”
Team & Staffing
The Newborn Services Complex is manned by highly trained health care professionals — Neonatologists, various Pediatric Subspecialists, Pediatric Residents, Lactation Counsellors, and Registered Nurses — who provide round-the-clock quality care for sick newborns using constantly advanced medical equipment.
Services Offered
- Lactation Counselling and Consultation to assist mothers in breastfeeding
- Routine Pulse Oximetry, Hearing Screening, and Newborn Screening
- Extraction method B1 B2 determination test for jaundice
- Initial care of all newborns delivered at the hospital
- Isolation care for outborns or babies with infections
Procedures & Tests
- Care for newborns delivered with difficulty or with low APGAR Score
- Care for premature and other high-risk infants
- Management of breathing irregularities (breathing faster than normal)
- Assessment and management of significant murmurs
- Management of chromosomal anomalies
- Treatment of hypoglycemia (low random blood sugar)
- Care for large/small for gestational age newborns
- Care for newborns less than two (2) kg
- Management of persistent low body temperature (below 36°C)
- Support for newborns with poor suckle or poor activity
Additional Information
As a Mother-Baby Friendly Hospital, DWH practices and advocates Unang Yakap (First Embrace), which involves non-separation (rooming-in) and early initiation of breastfeeding right after delivery. The NICU includes a treatment room, breastfeeding area, milk preparation area, and a discharge area for parent health instructions.
Our Specialists
Dr. Juan Dela Cruz
Pediatrics