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Your maternity hospital is one of the most sought after even among women from Prague. What do you think makes it unique?
First of all, we offer an alternative to large maternity hospitals in big cities. Despite the high number of clients, where we have about 1,700 births a year, we manage to maintain a more intimate atmosphere and a more individual approach with high standards of perinatal care. This goes primarily behind our neonatology, which is definitely our greatest asset, you will only find that in the region.
What else are you personally most proud of?
Most definitely our midwives, who have raised the level of care they provide very much over the last few years, because they themselves are undergoing intensive training. Not only in the medical field, but also in other support techniques for mothers. Even in situations when I myself was losing hope for a successful completion of the birth, they managed everything without any problems with their patient approach and learned techniques. That is why we are planning to allow our clients to book individual midwifery care for a fee in advance, as it works in some hospitals in Prague, for example. I expect to start at the end of this year.
In general, the concept of "family centred care" is coming to the fore in Western countries, i.e. care focused on the patient's entire family, which tries to maintain a balance between the professional advice of health professionals and the needs of the family itself. How close is this topic to your heart?
Yes, I like this model, where those closest to the patient are present at the medical care and the doctor talks very openly with everyone. In obstetrics, this is an increasingly common requirement and we are trying to meet it, but we are also running into capacity reasons so far and, for example, we do not offer a family suite for postnatal care. However, it is planned to build one as part of the expansion of the premises of the Hořovice Hospital, where, among other things, the entire gynaecology would be moved. At the same time, we would like to create a separate department for risky pregnancies with specially trained staff.
Are you planning any improvements in the area of psychological care for clients who need it after childbirth?
Yes, we are starting a Perinatal project in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health, which would provide clients with a questionnaire about their mental state. The form would put them in touch with a consultant from the institute who could quickly help arrange psychological or psychiatric care. Discussions are currently underway with representatives of the institute and training is being planned for the sixth-grade nurses so that they will be able to recognize the warning signs and help our clients.
Let's focus on your medical team, who accompany women from the first weeks of pregnancy to the sixth week. How important is its cohesion?
I dare to say that we have a really experienced and well-coordinated team of not only doctors, but also midwives and orderlies, who play an equally important role. Thanks to this, in urgent situations, which are many in the maternity ward and where time and cooperation are absolutely crucial, everything works perfectly for us.
