Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

The neonatal intensive care unit or NICU at Felix Hospitals is a highly specialized and the best NICU in Noida. Our dedicated unit offers the highest level of care for premature and critically ill new-borns suffering from complex medical and surgical neonatal problems. These include premature delivery, extremely preterm, low weight at birth, etc. We have state-of-the-art medical equipment, advanced support systems for vital organs, such as CRRT, HFOV and ECMO services, and a team of highly skilled medical professionals dedicated to providing specialized care for neonates. The unit also offers state-of-the-art services including fetal echocardiography which is done for high-risk pregnancy.

Our NICU in Greater Noida and Noida provides the highest level of neonatal care, with Neonatologists, Respiratory Therapists, Lactation Consultants, and Nurses available round-the-clock, ensuring attention to critically ill newborns and preterm infants. While during their early days, preterm babies may stay in the NICU, however, if they require more care, they are later transferred to our state-of-the-art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

At Felix Hospitals, the best NICU speciality hospital in Noida, we offer a range of care levels according to the patient's needs. With the increasing medical requirements of the newborn, the NICU care level increases. These NICU levels consist of:

• Level I - Premature newborns born just before 37 weeks of pregnancy receive basic care in Level I NICU, often known as newborn nurseries.
• Level II - Level II NICU, caters to babies born between weeks 32 and 35 of pregnancy.
• Level III - Babies that require critical care because of severe medical issues or because they were born before 32 weeks.
• Level IV - The highest level of care for extremely premature babies, babies with severe cardiac or neurological problems, etc.

Illnesses commonly diagnosed and treated at our NICU hospital in Noida includes:

• Apnea
• Anemia
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
• Bradycardia
• Hydrocephalus
• Neonatal sepsis
• Jaundice
• Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
• Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
• Infant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
• Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)
• Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)
• Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

Facilities Available

• Cutting-edge medical equipment
• Advanced organ support systems
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) services
• Highly skilled staff
• Advanced Neonatal Transport Service
• Round-the-clock services
• Round-the-clock services
• Mothers' Milk Bank
• Round-the-clock services
• Laboratory services
• Neonatal health monitors (BP, heart rate, temperature, respiration)
• Bedside ultrasound, echocardiogram
• Open head warmers and incubators
• Physiological monitors
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Vaccination center
• Neonatal ventilators
• Resuscitation
• IV infusion
• Blood transfusion
• Plasma transfusion
• High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)

At Felix Hospitals, babies in the NICU will be monitored around the clock by medical specialists. They are usually placed in a warmer and provided with a bed and equipment that will depend on the support your baby needs. The time spent by the baby in the NICU will depend on the success rate of response by the baby towards the medications administered to them.