When a woman finds out that she will soon become a mother, she has many questions and fears. One of them: “Where will I give birth?” Everyone wants to get into such an institution, where the staff is friendly, and the service is at the level, and the delivery will ultimately be successful. Recently, residents of the city of Shchelkovo may not worry about this - they have opened a new perinatal center.
Schelkovo - where is it?
A small town with a population of just over one hundred thousand inhabitants is located on both sides of the Klyazma River, in the north-east of the Moscow Region. It used to be a village, and now in honor of the city of Shchelkovo both the highway of the same name and the metro station are named. The origin of the former village is not known for certain, we can only say with certainty that the current town was born in the distant sixteenth century and initially weaving factories were its basis. However, the status of the city of Shchelkovo received in 1925, so it is considered that this date is considered the "starting point" of its existence.
Shchelkovo is located fifteen kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road, you can get to Moscow from the city by train from Voronok station in less than one hour.
What does the “perinatal center” mean?
The phrase “perinatal center” is now heard, but it is far from clear to everyone how it differs from an ordinary maternity hospital. So, firstly, the perinatal center is an institution where consultations for pregnant women are carried out, their treatment and rehabilitation (if necessary), they carry out pregnancy and childbirth, treat infertility. The main focus of the work of the perinatal center is aimed precisely at helping to save the child, helping to treat infertility, and postpartum support for the young mother. In other words, a maternity hospital is only childbirth, a perinatal center is also all that is carried out in the periods before and after the birth process.
It is in these centers that it is possible to leave premature babies (weighing even less than a kilogram!), Which will then develop as full-fledged healthy babies. It is here that they assist in managing pregnancy in women with any health pathologies, among other things, any perinatal center has an improved intensive care unit. More modern equipment also distinguishes such an institution from a simple maternity hospital.
Indications for childbirth in the perinatal center
As a rule, only a few categories of women can give birth in such establishments for free. The rest, of course, can also be laid there, but most likely it will be for money, often a lot.
So, the indications for childbirth in the perinatal center are: girls with a complicated pregnancy; those who have previously had a miscarriage; women with a danger to their life or the life of the unborn baby; women with pathologies.
The history of the creation of the perinatal center in Schelkovo
Despite the fact that the perinatal center in Shchelkovo (reviews can be seen below) was opened recently - at the end of August this year, this does not mean that women in this city did not give birth before. An old maternity hospital existed there, then it was demolished, and three years ago they started building a modern center. On Parkova Street, where it is now located, there used to be a laboratory building, and in the middle of the last century it was generally a school.
The construction of the perinatal center in Schelkovo, as in some other cities near Moscow, was organized according to a special presidential program for the development of institutions of this type. The state did not stint on the budget either - it allocated more than three billion rubles so that the new institution would meet all modern requirements and technologies. And it answers. So, for example, it has a special navigation system that allows visitors from the very door to understand in which direction they need to move.
Also a feature of the perinatal center is a specially selected color scheme: the rooms are painted only in warm colors, causing positive emotions in expectant mothers and their relatives. Moreover, each department of the center has its own specific color. In addition, it is planned that the institution will specialize in helping women with diseases of the endocrine system. The exterior of the center was developed separately by leading architects - images of the dove of peace and the tree of life were used in its appearance. The territory near the building is also landscaped: in addition to comprehensive landscaping and lighting, for example, a new eco-parking was made.
The Schelkovo perinatal center also has its own motto: “The needs of the patient - above all,” and his employees consider healthy and happy motherhood to be the goal of their work.
Center structure
The perinatal center in Schelkovo contains several different departments. Its structure includes a children's clinic, a department for premature babies, a pathology department for newborns. The center also has a follow-up department (this is all the necessary information about the patient that the doctors collect), an admission department, a gynecology department, a pathology department for pregnant women, and a birth department. There is also a clinical diagnostic laboratory, an advisory center, a department of radiation diagnostics, and several modern laboratories in the institution. Do not forget also about the obstetric department, procedural, operating and so on. By the way, the birth department in the new Schelkovo clinic is also special: with individual single rooms.
Head physician of the Schelkovo perinatal center
The new medical institution in Schelkovo is led by Irina Vinogradova. She is an Honored Doctor of the Republic of Chuvashia and the main neonatologist in the Volga region. She is also a doctor of medical sciences.
In the mid-nineties, Irina Valerievna graduated from the University in Chuvashia and received a diploma in pediatrics. Behind her is an internship, graduate school (all in pediatrics), an internship in anesthesiology and resuscitation, retraining in neonatology. This is truly a professional.
Center staff
All doctors of the perinatal center in Schelkovo are skilled workers, highly qualified specialists. Among the management are the chief neonatologist of one of the districts of our country, a candidate of medical sciences (such, by the way, are a sufficient number among ordinary employees), obstetrician-gynecologists of the highest category. A lot of employees of the center are excellent students of healthcare, all have at least the first category.
Since the perinatal center has been operating recently, not all departments are still fully staffed, and vacancies are open. Accordingly, those wishing to work in a new institution can learn about this opportunity.
Perinatal center in Schelkovo: list of services
The Schelkovo Center offers expectant mothers many different services of their choice. First of all, this is a functioning “School of Motherhood” - after all, it is very important for every pregnant woman to understand how the birth process will go and how to behave in order to ease the situation for both herself and the baby. There are consultations of a psychologist in the Schelkovo perinatal center - a specialist prepares women for childbirth, sets them up for positiveness and self-confidence. Future mothers can learn how to relax during childbirth, how to save energy without spending it on a cry, how to reduce pain.
Works in Schelkovo and the hall of therapeutic gymnastics, where the specialist is engaged in various categories of women. Girls can come there, in which the pregnancy proceeds without pathologies and complications; young mothers two months after giving birth to get back in shape; also women with various diseases, for example, ovarian dysfunction. Doctors each have their own, individual approach.
As mentioned above, in the perinatal center there are individual birth halls, in addition, there is a unique opportunity for free partner births. In this case, anyone can become a partner - not only the husband, but also the mother or the best friend. The center also organizes a festive extract at the request of "customers".
The range of services of the perinatal center in Schelkovo is very wide. This is ultrasound, and MRI (by the way, it is done not only for pregnant women, but also for everyone, even men), and mammography, and massages, and physiotherapeutic procedures. In the center you can go through sessions of electric sleep, magnetotherapy, visit a cardiologist, ophthalmologist and many other specialized specialists.
Working hours
The perinatal center in Schelkovo accepts women in labor around the clock, like any other center or maternity hospital. As for the time for admission of certain specialists and the work of specific departments and / or services, you can find out about this by calling the center by phone.
How to get there
The address of the perinatal center in Schelkovo is easy to remember. This is one of the oldest streets of the town - Parkovaya, and the building number of the perinatal center is six. The institution is located only eight hundred meters from the Voronok station, from it you can easily leave for Moscow by train. And to the main square Shchelkovo (with a stop, which is called - "Square") can be reached in just fifteen minutes.
How to contact
You can call the Schelkovo perinatal center by phone. In the group of the VKontakte institution, several numbers are indicated - the information, admission department and women's consultation.
Reviews
Despite the very recent emergence of the perinatal center in Schelkovo, there are already enough reviews on it. Of course, both positive and negative, because there are so many people, so many opinions. Those who were satisfied with the work and services of the perinatal center in Schelkovo, in the reviews note the friendliness and responsiveness of the staff, attentive attitude to the girls and professionalism in work. Women say that after visiting the center, many questions disappear and fears decrease.
From the negative reviews about the perinatal center in Shchelkovo it follows that it is not always clean in the rooms, but people attribute this to a recently completed repair. They also note that it is impossible to pass tests for hepatitis, and in addition, some are unhappy that relatives are not allowed into the wards.
By the way, judging by many reviews, the old hospital in Schelkovo left much to be desired. Therefore, now there are frequent comments on the network of expectant mothers that they are also afraid to go to the new perinatal center - from an old memory.
Interesting Facts
- On the day the center opened, the first baby was born in it - a boy named Dmitry.
- In the old Schelkovo maternity hospital, less than half of the children registered in the registry office were born - due to poor quality of service for mothers and children.
- Over the first three weeks of work, more than a hundred children appeared in the walls of the new perinatal institution.
- In the Schelkovo clinic, open door days are constantly held, where everyone can come. The management of the institution answers questions of future parents and demonstrates all the capabilities of the clinic. You can find out about the next open door day either by calling the center, or by going to the group of institutions on the VKontakte website - information is regularly updated there.
- Soon, the site will begin to function in full force at the perinatal center - now it is still at the filling stage.
- The area of the perinatal center in Schelkovo occupies more than 30,000 square meters.
- The construction of the institution employed more than 250 people.
- For one shift, the consultative and diagnostic department of the center is capable of receiving more than 200 people.
- The word "perinatal" means "referring to the period before childbirth, childbirth and the first time after childbirth." This is a special medical term that should not be confused with other, seemingly sounding words.
- The unofficial opening of the perinatal center in Shchelkovo took place in August this year, and the official one a little later, on September 14th. The opening was attended by the leadership of the district and the Moscow region, as well as the Minister of Health.
- The Minister of Health of our country noted that the Perinatal Center in Schelkovo is at a very high level in its equipment and in many ways is not inferior to European counterparts.
Once again, it must be emphasized: how many people, so many opinions. This applies to any issue, and even more so the choice of place for the birth of the future baby, in which many mothers are especially scrupulous. It is unlikely that anyone will be able to find an institution about which the reviews will be exclusively positive. In any case, until you try it yourself, you won’t find out, and pregnant women from Schelkovo and the surrounding area now have this great opportunity.