Korle Bu

May 21:

We had the opportunity of visiting Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. This hospital is massive. There are many different buildings that contribute to this hospital. While at the hospital we were able to visit their NICU, the Children's Block, and part of the medical school that is nearby.

The NICU was very interesting. The nurse giving us a tour told us that they currently had 74+ babies in the NICU and they are technically only equipped to house 40. In the NICU they have two rooms designated for kangaroo mother care. In these rooms, those babies that were stable were able to have their mothers room in and perform kangaroo care. Kangaroo care is when a baby is placed skin to skin with the mother on her chest. It has been found that through performing this type of care babies are able to stabilize their temperature, breathing, and heart rate through feeling and hearing their mother's heart beating and breathing. Kangaroo care is amazing and I absolutely loved the fact that this NICU had rooms designated just for mothers to keep their babies skin to skin almost 24/7.

 

Part of Korle Bu.

The entrance to the "Accident Center" or ER of Korle Bu.

 This sign is showing the proposed plans of a new pediatric emergency unit. These plans are great but the reality is that what is proposed may not happen and if it does it will take many years to complete.