Specialty Introduction
The Neonatal Dept was accredited as a Shenzhen Key Discipline in 2004 and included in the Shenzhen Key Discipline Group in 2011. The Obstetrics Dept was rated as a Shenzhen Key Medical Specialty in 2020, and the Pediatric Healthcare Dept is designated as a Child Mental Health Demonstration Unit by the former Guangdong Provincial Health Department.
Total authorized beds: 341 beds in the Obstetrics Dept, 163 beds in the Neonatal Dept including 38 NICU beds, 53 beds in the Pediatric Healthcare Dept, and 16 beds in Neonatal Surgery.
In 2019, the hospital recorded 21,325 deliveries. Annual inpatient discharges reached 13,202 in the Neonatal Dept, including 746 critical neonatal cases with a rescue success rate of 99%. The Pediatric Healthcare Dept recorded 1,043 inpatient discharges, 4,825 visits to the high-risk infant clinic, and 3,815 visits to the preterm infant follow-up clinic.
A full-range management model has been established, featuring participation of neonatologists in prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care; critical neonatal emergency treatment; integrated management of neonatal surgical patients; inpatient management, follow-up and early intervention for high-risk infants; and standardized management of the regional consultation, referral and transportation network for critically ill newborns.
The specialty joined the international Vermont Oxford Neonatal Network in 2019. After 20 years of development, it has grown into a key specialty integrating clinical services, teaching and scientific research, featured by multidisciplinary integration and international cooperation.
Technical Team
A total of 657 staff are engaged in neonatal healthcare services, including 189 physicians, 360 nursing staff, 18 researchers and 1 clinical pharmacist. The team comprises 32 chief senior physicians, 45 associate senior physicians, 5 doctoral supervisors, 14 master’s supervisors, 33 PhD holders and 136 master’s degree holders, forming a well-structured talent echelon tailored to disciplinary development needs.
Specialty Services and Operation
The specialty provides neonatal health education, developmental assessment and professional counseling, covering antenatal health education, postpartum breastfeeding guidance, and pre-discharge training including umbilical cord care, eye care, early disease recognition and basic asphyxia management.
Standardized clinical management is implemented for neonatal diseases, with a critical case rescue success rate of 99%. Extremely low birth weight newborns with a minimum birth weight of 530 grams have been successfully treated with favorable long-term prognosis.
As the administrative unit of the critical neonatal rescue network in Bao’an District, the specialty undertakes consultation, referral and emergency treatment for critically ill newborns and manages the regional green emergency channel. Regular perinatal mortality reviews are conducted, alongside technical guidance and quality control for neonatal healthcare services across the district.
Premises, Facilities and Equipment
The delivery area consists of 12 independent delivery rooms and 6 obstetric operating rooms. There are 7 wards for rooming-in care and 4 wards under the Neonatal Dept. The Pediatric Healthcare Dept has 9 consulting rooms dedicated to neonatal healthcare.
Five parent education classrooms are available across the hospital, covering a total area of 681 square meters with complete teaching facilities. The emergency neonatal transportation green channel features clear signage and rational layout.
Every delivery room, NICU bed, neonatal ward, outpatient consulting room and rooming-in ward is equipped with standardized neonatal resuscitation units with full emergency supplies. Functional zones including clinical areas, auxiliary rooms, pollution disposal areas and staff living quarters are reasonably partitioned to facilitate hospital infection control. All areas are well ventilated with auxiliary ventilation equipment and independent isolation rooms. Wards are equipped with temperature and humidity regulation systems.
Teaching, Research and Training
The specialty has established the Maternal–Fetal Medicine Research Institute and a full-time research team within the Neonatal Dept, promoting integrated development of clinical practice and scientific research. To date, 10 projects have been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 70 SCI papers have been published in the past three years.
Future development will comprehensively advance clinical service, teaching and research capacity as well as talent training, contributing to the reduction of perinatal mortality and the incidence of birth defects.