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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The new NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) of the Castle Street Hospital for Women was inaugurated on 13th of January 2023. Renovation of the old NICU was proposed due to various functional and structural issues and project was swiftly approved and supported by the Ministry of Health. The renovation project was lead by Dr.L.P.C.Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatologist at Castle Street Hospital for Women, with the assistance from perinatal society of Sri Lanka. It took 60 million rupees and two months of round the clock work for the completion of entire project. Most of the funding came through private donors and organizations, whose goodwill that we highly appreciate. NICU is now equipped with state-of-the-art technology, such as medical monitors, tablet devices for patient records and many more. With all these new facilities and medical expertise, staff of the NICU is glad to provide its services to all citizens of Sri Lanka, with a level comparable to the developed world.
Opening Ceremony
Smart Entry
Hospital acquired infections is a major cause of infant deaths in Sri Lanka. Smart entry is a new intervention introduced by Dr. L.P.C.Saman Kumara, in order to prevent hospital acquired infections in the NICU. This intervention makes it compulsory for anyone who enters the NICU to bear a keycard for identification and sanitize their hands prior to entry. Door lock requires signal from both WI-FI enabled card reader and hand sanitizing device, to open the door.
Safe Handling
Prior to touching a sick infant, strict hand cleanliness is even more crucial. An electronic switch, which is connected to a sanitizer bottle installed beside the incubator through Wi-Fi, was added to the incubator port holes. It emits a warning sound, activates a flashing light to alert people that the infection control rules were breached, and sends a detailed message to the officer in-charge of NICU.
