Premature babies are not required to be transferred through improved incubators

A group of district doctors in Nam Dinh reduced the incubator price to VND 2 million, helping local premature children not to transfer to care at a higher level hospital.

This is the initiative of the team of doctors in Nghia Hung District Hospital, Nam Dinh. This improved incubator product has just been awarded by the Department of Health of Nam Dinh province with three scientific innovations of the province.

Doctor Dinh Quy Xuyen, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nghia Hung District Hospital, who contributed to improving infant incubator, said many times to train at the Central Obstetrics Hospital, doctors. Observe the eye structure of imported newborn incubators, these incubators are very expensive, about 300 million VND. Meanwhile, the 'homemade' incubator of some provincial hospitals is too simple: only a glass child compartment, a top-down electric bulb that causes dazzling eyes, the open door is very dangerous. for children if forgot to close.

Improved doctor Dinh Quy Xuyen on the incubator.

From this reality, the Nghia Hung District Hospital team decided to focus on improving the incubator in the country by manufacturing additional heat chambers under the incubator chamber to control the temperature. The top down lamp is fixed and fixed below to avoid glare. The side door of the incubator is placed on the top to ensure safety. Aluminum cage design according to sketch diagram.

With such simplistic improvements, the hospital doctors created a new infant incubator for the hospital. 'We have lowered the cost of improved incubator products to only two million dong and still ensure high safety for children,' said Dr. Dinh Quy Xuyen.

After 6 months of research, improvement, incubator approved and put into use by Nam Dinh Department of Health. Doctor Ngo Thi Phuong Loan, Head of Obstetrics Department, Nghia Hung Hospital said: 'Two years of use, the hospital incubator has served over 600 grandchildren. In winter, the incubator is also thoroughly used to take care of newborn babies, enough to ensure body temperature '.

Doctors recommend improved incubator features.

Mr. Doan Van Hanh, director of Nghia Hung district hospital, said: 'Improving the success of incubators has created a new turning point, helping hospitals to perform their professional tasks right at the grassroots level'.

Also according to Mr. Hanh, Nghia Hung district hospital and local hospitals still lack funds to buy medical equipment. Therefore, improved incubators, if used at commune, district and provincial hospitals, will be very convenient. Just listen to instructions, hospitals can do this kind of incubator.

Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Loan revealed: "There have been many district hospitals coming to study to apply. In the future, we will complete the incubator to be able to control oxygen automatically and install more systems Baby monitor camera directly on the device ".