This pioneering initiative seeks to minimize separation between mother and baby, preserving proximity whenever clinical conditions allow. Traditionally, admission to Neonatology often involved physical separation, impacting families emotionally and hindering breastfeeding establishment.
The new care model promotes early and continuous contact, skin-to-skin contact, and active parental involvement in care. The goal is to view mother and baby as an inseparable unit, even in situations requiring specialized attention.
Beyond benefits for the newborn's emotional development, this model helps reduce parental stress and anxiety, fostering close emotional support with healthcare professionals.
This measure aligns with the hospital's commitment to humanizing healthcare, centering patients and ensuring birth remains a family experience, even during vulnerable moments.
The protocol complements a previous measure allowing babies to stay with mothers admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) post-delivery. The hospital also recently acquired 12 new, more comfortable bassinets for the maternity ward, funded by patronage contributions.
