The color of premature babies is purple. It symbolizes their uniqueness, delicacy and vulnerability. That's why there were plenty of purple accents at the Department of Neonatology and Rare Diseases UCC MUW, the Department of Neonatology UCC MUW as well as the Neonatal and Intensive Care Department MUW at the hospital on Karowa Street. There were balloons, ribbons, flowers, and the entire staff wore purple shirts.
Meetings and workshops with specialists
The Department of Neonatology and Rare Diseases and the Department of Neonatology at the University Center for Women's and Newborn Health held unusual meetings between premature babies (former patients) and the specialists who cared for them. Doctors and nurses knew all the children - some as young as several years old - by name and were touched to see how wonderfully they were developing.
The Department of Neonatology and Rare Diseases also organized workshops with specialists and experts in neonatology. It was possible to listen to a lecture on first aid, and then apply theory in practice as well as practice first aid on phantoms. The workshop was conducted by students from the ProNeo Student Scientific Circle at the Department of Neonatology and Rare Diseases, supervised by Dr. Beata Borek-Dzięcioł - also involved in the organization of World Prematurity Day at CCH UCC MUW.
The workshops were very popular. Many parents also took advantage of individual consultations with a physiotherapist, midwife or lactation consultant.
Who participated in the celebrations
It is worth noting that the Department of Neonatology and Rare Diseases UCC MUW is one of the most modern centers in Poland and is growing extremely rapidly. Currently, it has 20 neonatal intensive care places and 28 neonatal pathology places, while just six years ago there were four places in intensive care and 10 in pathology.
The Department was visited during the celebration by Prof. Rafal Krenke, Rector of MUW, and Prof. Mariusz Gujski, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Marzena Kowalczyk, Deputy Director for economic affairs of UCC MUW, and Michał Buczyński, Deputy Director for treatment at the Żwirki i Wigury location. The guests were shown around the department by the head of the Department, Prof. Bożena Kociszewska-Najman.
