Small Actions Make a Big Impact: Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) celebrate World Prematurity Day 2023
Small Actions Make a Big Impact: Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) celebrate World Prematurity Day 2023
17 Samhain 2023
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Friday 17th November, marks global World Prematurity Day. This day raises awareness for the challenges of preterm birth and celebrates the lives of preterm infants and their families worldwide.
On average, 460 premature and sick neonates are admitted under the care of Neonatology to CHI each year. The Neonatology service at Children’s Health Ireland looks after newborns with surgical or complex medical needs. CHI is the national quaternary (highest-level) neonatal centre for Ireland. Young babies are transferred to CHI from neonatal units throughout the country and on admission through the Emergency Department. The service includes special care, high-dependency care and intensive care. Our highly qualified staff provides a family-centred, holistic approach to care.
This year on World Prematurity Day, CHI’s Neonatal team are raising awareness about the benefits of immediate skin-to-skin contact and Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for preterm infants.
Anna O’Loughlin is Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist with CHI at Temple Street, and she sees every day the positive impacts of skin-to-skin care for babies and their parents:
Destiny and her Mum, Shaira, were transferred to the Neonatal High Dependency Unit in Temple Street from the Coombe NICU. Destiny is now 6 months old and doing really well. Shaira explains how skin-to-skin care helped them during their journey:
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