BRADFORD Royal Infirmary’s revamped £2 million neonatal unit officially opens this Thursday.
Dr Hilary Cass, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics,will be the guest of honour at the ceremony which will be attended by fundraisers and many of the parents who helped redesign the new unit.
The refurbishment saw a rebuild of the old baby unit which has opened, although not officially, in stages. The enlarged unit has ensuite family bedrooms, a play area within a new relatives sitting room and a counselling suite. There is also a dedicated room for mothers to express breast milk for their pre-term babies.
It previously cared for up to 27 babies at any one time and was regularly full but now has 31 cots including ten intensive care and high dependency cots. Babies delivered in other hospitals are often transferred to the unit for the highest levels of intensive care.
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