Work experience of the department of premature babies

The organization of special hospitals for premature babies contributes to the preservation of their lives. In Kazan, the first such department was opened at the GIDUVA Children's Clinic in 1947 (with 20 beds). The department occupies an isolated room of 3 wards. In the first ward there are 8 closed (glazed) boxes, where new arrivals are accepted, in 2 other wards there are 6 open boxes, to which children are transferred in the future. The department has a reception room where mothers breastfeed their children, a walk-in, an open veranda facing the garden, and a number of necessary utility rooms. The room temperature is maintained within 24-26 °. The boxed ward is equipped with electrified beds, which allows them to maintain the proper temperature (up to 28 °). The department also has two incubators of the "Inca" type. Children's underwear is heated in a specially equipped closet. Oxygen is supplied in a moistened form, in the first ward oxygen is supplied to each crib. The boxes are equipped with exhaust ventilation. The compartment is also widely ventilated in the usual way. Quartzization is performed daily.