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Neonatal ICU reopens

Posted 5/13/2008   Updated 5/13/2008 Email story   Print story


5/13/2008 - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Belinda Walter holds daughter Amya Sanders April 23 in Keesler Medical Center’s newly-reopened neonatal intensive care unit. She and Amya’s dad, Petty Officer 2nd Class Terrell Sanders, are assigned to the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport. The seven-bed NICU reopened April 22 for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, and Amya became the first patient almost 24 hours later. The Level II facility can care for infants born at 32 weeks and older. The unit can stabilize and prepare infants requiring higher-level care for transport to tertiary facilities. Keesler’s NICU has 11 nurses, nine medical technicians and two neonatologists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)



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