See also CDU site

This follow up programme is available for children in the groups listed below who received special care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at National Women's Health. It is provided as a service to parents and children, and to the hospital to give information on how some of the children cared for progress in the years after they go home.

The Developmental Psychologist will check you child's development (mental, motor and behavioural). This service is in addition to periodic medical checks by your Paediatrician.

At present the Child Development Unit service is offered to the following groups of children

1. BABIES WHO WEIGHED LESS THAN 1000 GRAMS AT BIRTH:
   These are seen at the ages of nine and eighteen months and thereafter as considered necessary.
   
2. BABIES OF 1000-1500 GRAMS:
   These are seen ordinarily at eighteen months, earlier on special request, and later as considered necessary.
   
3. OTHER INFANTS REFERRED BY THE CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN:
   These are seen as considered necessary.

This service is intended to benefit parents, children and the hospital. Parents and children have the advantage of regular assessments, so that any problem may be identified at an early age and appropriate help arranged. The hospital needs to know how infants from its neonatal care units are progressing, which will help the staff of the Unit to take better care of babies who need special care in the future.

Telephone contact:     (09) 3074949  Ext.25364

See also CDU site