Maria Lvova-Belova: If the baby was born prematurely, there are those who will come to the rescue
The Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova visited the N.F. Filatov and the National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov.
In the children's city clinical hospital named after N.F. Filatova Maria Lvova-Belova got acquainted with the work of the intensive care and intensive care units, as well as cardiology for newborns and premature babies. She talked to the mothers of the patients. Lvova-Belova said that one of her sons was also born prematurely, and therefore she is well aware of all the experiences that parents of such babies go through.
“I know how my mother feels when she just gave birth, how much she needs not only medical help, but also psychological and emotional support. Therefore, the main thing that I saw here today – in addition to the excellent medical base, high-class, highly professional specialists who are always nearby – is the colossal care and attention of doctors both to little patients and to their parents. This is really valuable, “the Ombudsman emphasized.
The chief physician of the hospital, Antonina Chubarova, noted that specialists answer questions, conduct seminars and lectures.
To the Filatov hospital over the past five years from 3.5 to 5.5 thousand children under the age of 1 year are admitted to receive inpatient medical care every year.
At the National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakova Maria Lvova-Belova, together with the director of the department of medical care for children and the obstetric service of the Russian Ministry of Health Elena Baibarina and the head of the center Gennady Sukhikh, met with former patients, their parents and doctors. In a remote format, perinatal medical centers in Cheboksary, Balashikha, Kaluga and Dagestan joined the conversation.
Elena Baybarina said that specialists, doctors of the institution continue to keep in touch with the families of children who were born prematurely, even after their discharge .
At the hospital, children receive assistance from a team of specialists: anesthesiologists-resuscitators, neonatologists, pediatric neonatal surgeons, cardiac surgeons, ophthalmologists, nephrologists. A fifth of the hospital's bed capacity is made up of beds for newborns, of which 45 are resuscitation beds – this is the largest neonatal resuscitation bed fund in Moscow.
At the end of the visit, the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights thanked all the participants in the meeting. p>