Fauquier Hospital's Family Birthing Center will hold an open house on
Wednesday, April 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. to celebrate the renovation and expansion
of the Intermediate Care Nursery.
Tours of the new space will be offered and visitors will be able to meet
the ICN's new neonatologist and medical director, Dr. Elsie Mainali.
Refreshments will be served.
The recent renovations at the ICN have doubled its size and added four beds, for a total of
seven. The neonatal ICN -- designed to provide care for babies who are born at
Fauquier Hospital but are born prematurely or are too sick to go home right
away -- means that parents of these babies can be with their newborns every day
without having to travel to Northern Virginia or Charlottesville. Some infants
will still need the care that can only be provided in a Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit – a higher level of care -- but many babies will be able to remain in
Fauquier, near their loved ones.
The
nursery operates under the guidance of neonatologist Dr. Elsie Mainali, the
nursery’s new medical director. Rodger Baker, CEO of Fauquier Health, said,
“Having a neonatologist overseeing the nursery is providing a level of care
beyond what we have been able to provide in the past.”
Dr.
Mainali and neonatal nurse practitioners will provide ongoing bedside care for
babies who need extra attention until they are strong enough to reunite with
their families.
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