The First Lady was invited by Ewa Piotrowska, director of The Princes Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital (Karowa Hospital). The President’s wife met Michalina, Alicja, Róża, Gustaw, Janek, Artur, two Alicjas and their parents. All these children were born prematurely at Karowa Hospital. Each of them is a proof of how much contemporary neonatology can accomplish. Agata Kornhauser-Duda expressed her appreciation of the high level of care provided by the hospital to the tiniest infants, she thanked the staff for rescuing the lives and health of all the prematurely born children.
Other participants of the meeting at the Clinical Department were: prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Rector of WUM Medical University of Warsaw; prof. Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, WUM Vice-Rector for HR and Organizational Affairs; prof. Mariusz Gujski, Dean of the WUM Faculty of Health Sciences; prof. Aneta Nitsch-Osuch; prof. Maria Katarzyna Borszewska-Kornacka, head of the Neonatology and Infant Intensive Care Clinical Department for years; Renata Bokiniec, PhD hab. (head of ward); prof. Krzysztof Czajkowski; prof. Roman Smolarczyk; and the hospital staff members.
The Princess Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital Infant Intensive Care Ward is a part of the WUM Medical University of Warsaw Neonatology and Infant Intensive Care Clinical Department. It is the largest infant intensive care ward in the Mazovia region, with 12 treatment stations, offering the best care according to global standards. Several hundred prematurely born babies are treated each year at the ward. With the commitment of the staff, the hospital has become the largest institution specializing in extremely low body weight infants (below 1000 gram). There are around 30 such babies at the ward each year.
Workshops with experts at UCK WUM
The Neonatology and Rare Diseases Clinical Department of the WUM Medical University of Warsaw Clinical Center (UCK WUM), located at ul. Żwirki i Wigury, invited parents to the next yearly workshops with neonatology experts and practitioners. Parents of prematurely born children had the opportunity to discuss such matters as giving first aid to their children, stimulating a premature baby’s growth, or to ask questions to midwives and lactation consultants. The lessons learned during the workshops are the source of systematic support for the parents, which may help them solve certain issues that may arise in premature babies. Among those present at the Clinical Department, there were also parents of prematurely born children who had already left the hospital, to share their insights and experience with bringing up their babies.
The Neonatology and Rare Diseases Clinical Department at UCK WUM is one of the most advanced centers of this type in Poland. It deals with newborns requiring intensive monitoring and highly specialized medical procedures. Specifically, this group comprises premature newborns, including the smallest ones with extremely low body weight at birth (under 1000g), as well as full term newborns affected by such conditions as respiratory failure, circulatory insufficiency, congenital disorders and rare diseases. Diagnostics and treatments are offered on a superior level, according to the latest global standards. This is only possible with the professional experience and qualifications of the entire team, the advanced medical apparatus, and the enormous commitment of doctors, nurses and therapy practitioners to providing care to the tiniest people in the first days of their lives.
During the celebration, the Department was visited by prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Rector of WUM, and prof. Mariusz Gujski, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who were offered a tour of the ward by prof. Bożena Kociszewska-Najman, head of the clinical department, so that they could see the smallest patients at the ward and hear their incredible stories.
The color purple at the University Center for Women and Infant Health
Like the other clinical departments of WUM Medical University of Warsaw, the neonatology department at the University Center for Women and Infant Health, located at pl. Starynkiewicza, was dominated by the color purple on November 17, which stands for the sensitivity and susceptibility of children born prematurely. The Center is a level 3 reference unit, meaning that it provides treatment to the most severely ill newborns, including extremely immature infants born early. About 250 such children receive care from the department’s staff every year. The department has such advanced equipment as NICU incubators, ventilators, a therapeutic hypothermia unit, a nitric oxide inhalation unit, so that the young patients receive the best class treatment. The ward offers “neonatology backup” for the WUM First Department and Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It collaborates with many highly qualified experts in various fields of medicine, including ophthalmology, cardiology, radiology, pediatric surgery, endocrinology, orthopedics, physical therapy and neurology.
