Neonatal Intensive Care

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides specialized care for newborns requiring intensive medical support. Using advanced medical equipment and evidence-based practices, our unit not only ensures the highest level of treatment but also brings families together with their babies while offering information and education throughout the care process.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Medical Park Hospitals delivers advanced care to high-risk newborns starting from 24 weeks of gestation. Conditions managed include preterm birth, multiple pregnancies, maternal diabetes, macrosomia, meconium aspiration syndrome, and brain or organ damage due to complicated deliveries. The unit provides comprehensive medical and surgical services, not only for babies born in our hospital but also for newborns requiring intensive care from across Turkey and abroad, supported by both air and ground ambulance systems. 

Specialized treatments and procedures provided in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit include:

• Respiratory support with ventilator therapy

• Blood exchange

• Phototherapy

• Percutaneous catheter insertion (thin tube advanced from small vessels in the arm or leg to the heart)

• Total parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding)

• Chest tube placement (treatment for air entrapment in the lungs)

• Bedside EEG, echocardiography, and ultrasound for brain and organ evaluation

• Retinopathy screening and eye examinations for preterm babies

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is further supported 24/7 by a team of subspecialists in:

• Pediatric Surgery

• Pediatric Neurology

• Pediatric Cardiology

• Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases