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Paediatric ward

We see patients across the entire spectrum of paediatrics, including children after trauma and surgery. Thanks to good cooperation with other departments, we care for children after orthopaedic, surgical, urological, gynaecological and ENT procedures.

The children's ward consists of three parts.

Intermediate Intensive Care Unit

The Intermediate Intensive Care Unit provides comprehensive care in monitored beds in separate rooms. Children who require intensive care and supervision, e.g. after surgery or trauma, are admitted here.

Standard children's ward

The standard children's ward has rooms with separate sanitary facilities.

Children's long-term and intensive care unit (DIOP)

A unique and specific part of the Children's Ward in the Czech Republic is the separate Department of Long-term and Intensive Nursing Care for Children (DIOP), which was opened in September 2018. This ward has fully equipped beds in separate rooms with the possibility of permanent stay of an accompanying person. Children with serious life-limiting illnesses are admitted to the ward. This type of care is part of the comprehensive care for chronically ill children with life-limiting illnesses provided by the Hospital Hořovice and the necessary continuity with outpatient and home care. The care includes not only care for physical health symptoms, but also psychological, social and spiritual care.

Outpatient clinics of general practitioners for children and adolescents are accepting new patients. For more information please contact the surgeries.

Physician for children and adolescents Králův Dvůr - tel: 311 636 607, email: plddkd@nemocnice-horovice.cz

Physician for children and adolescents Hospital Hořovice - tel: 311 551 209 PLDD I/ 311 551 218 PLDD II, email: pldd@nemocnice-horovice.cz

Physician for children and adolescents Žebrák - tel: 311 533 383, email: pldd.zebrak@nemocnice-horovice.cz

 

Outpatient clinic

Paediatrician 1 (Yellow Outpatient Clinic) Phone: 311 551 209
Paediatrician 2 (blue outpatient clinic)  Phone: 311 551 218
Paediatric Admissions and Emergency Outpatient Clinic, General Paediatric Outpatient Clinic (red clinic) Phone: 311 551 205
Paediatrician for Children and Adolescents in Žebrák Phone: 311 533 383
Paediatrician for Children and Adolescents in Králův Dvůr Phone:311 636 607
Obesity Medicine, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Psychiatry, Surgery (gray-brown outpatient clinic) Phone:311 551 203
Nephrology, cardiology, allergology, pulmonology, surgery, endocrinology (green outpatient clinic) Phone:311 551 204
Paediatric Outpatient Clinic (building next to the reception desk) Phone:311 551 210
Integrative Paediatrics Phone:606 744 357

 

DEPARTMENT

 

Nurse’s Office Phone: 311 551 207 
Doctors' Office Phone: 311 551 206
Long-Term Intensive Care for Children (DIOP) Phone: 311 551 212 / 311 551 213
Email detske@nemocnice-horovice.cz
Administrative Staff 311 551 905, 725 359 563; call 722 920 330 toschedule an adenotomy


 

 

 

 

My baby's going to be hospitalised

The initial examination takes place in the admissions clinic of the children's ward, then, depending on the general condition of the child, it continues in the ward after the child is admitted to bed.

What to bring?

  • ID card or other proof of identity (passport) - this applies when accompanying the child
  • health insurance card of the child and the escort, health card of the child (vaccination)
  • if you are coming for a planned hospitalisation, a referral for hospitalisation and the results of previous examinations, and in the case of planned surgery, a pre-operative examination by the child's registering paediatrician
  • personal belongings for the child and the accompanying person:
  • pyjamas (nightwear), comfortable home clothes
  • bathrobe
  • slippers (non-slip, comfortable)
  • personal hygiene items, nappies for the child
  • towel
  • favourite toys, drinking bottle, pacifier
  • medication taken on a regular basis

Hospitalisation of the child's companion

The child's companion is hospitalised within the ward or, if ward capacity allows, in the room with the child. Hospitalisation of a child's companion up to six years of age is covered by the general health insurance, hospitalisation of a child's companion over six years of age is for a fee of 500 CZK/night + board.

Department regime

Morning visits take place daily after eight o'clock, afternoon and evening visits we try to adapt individually to the child's schedule.

General instructions and information

Information about the patient's medical condition for the patient's relatives

Health information is confidential and we can only disclose it with the patient's consent to persons designated in writing by the patient on the Consent for Hospital Admission. It will be provided by the attending physician in the afternoon or by prior arrangement with the ward nurses.

Visitors are asked to respect the health condition of hospitalised children and to adjust their behaviour and the length of their visit accordingly. The recommended times and visiting regime are governed by the Ward House Rules. We allow the permanent presence of a close person (hospitalisation of the child's companion) according to the Charter of the Rights of Hospitalised Children.

Visits to the children's ward are possible at any time of the day. We ask, however, that no more than two adults visit a child; visits by siblings or persons under 18 years of age are always dealt with individually after consultation and with the consent of the parents.

Please note that visits may be restricted in the event of an epidemiological emergency.

General guidelines and information

Health information for the patient's relatives

Health information is confidential and may only be disclosed with the consent of the legal guardian or patient to persons designated in writing by the legal guardian or patient on the Consent for Hospital Admission. The information is provided by the attending or duty physician.

Regulatory fee

Aministrative acts

Specifics of the care provided:

  • Provides comprehensive outpatient examination and treatment of paediatric patients from birth to the end of the 18th year of the child's age, or up to the end of the 19th year of the child's age, and their eventual admission to the paediatric inpatient ward.
  • Provides consultative services throughout the 24 hours.
  • Manages acute and chronic health problems of paediatric clients.
  • The outpatient clinic has an analyzer to measure inflammatory CRP parameters and provides a wide range of complementary investigations in collaboration with the imaging dept. (X-ray, SONO, CT, MRI), the clinical biochemistry and haematology and immunology departments, electrocardiography.
  • Provides telephone consultation of laboratory results.

Important information:

  • Before entering the outpatient clinic, please prepare your health insurance card.
  • Prepare a receipt for the regulatory fee of 90 CZK, which can be collected at the hospital reception or at the main entrance.
  • When a child is admitted to the inpatient section, the regulatory fee is not refunded.

311 551 205

MUDr. Mahulena Exnerová

/ Chief physician of the Department of Supportive and Palliative Care and Consultant for Multidisciplinary Care for Children with Complex Health Needs

Consultant for Multidisciplinary Care of Children with Complex Health Needs

The purpose of this role is to provide professional and methodological support within the hospital for the development of coordinated, care for children with complex health needs, based on the needs of the child and their family; to promote continuity of care across health, social, educational and other services; and to contribute to the sharing of specialist knowledge and the development of multidisciplinary collaboration.

The consultant reports directly to the Deputy Director for Paediatric Care; they are not part of the line management of the Paediatric Department and have no direct managerial, personnel, operational or financial authority over the chief physician, heads of the programmes or their staff. Their role in relation to individual programmes is professional and methodological; the extent of their mandatory involvement in decision-making is defined by the framework of competences.

Consultancy activities in the following areas:

  • children with palliative care needs (life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses or conditions as defined by the GO-PPaCS Standards),
  • children with chronic complex conditions (children with medical complexity),
  • children with psychosomatic and mental health difficulties within paediatric care,
  • the application of the principles of integrative paediatrics,
  • coordination of care between hospitals, outpatient clinics and the home environment,
  • support for families and shared decision-making (Family-Centred Care, Shared Decision-Making).

Scope of duties

  • providingexpert support and methodological guidance on the coordination of multidisciplinary care for children with complex needs and ensuring continuity of care between the hospital and community health, social and educational services,
  • specialist consultations on the care of children with complex health needs,
  • methodological and educational activities,
  • supporting the implementation of the principles of family-centred care and integrative paediatrics,
  • development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration and quality of care

 

Highest level of education attained:

  • Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, 1997

Postgraduate education and courses:

  • Paediatrics, Level I, 2000 – certification
  • Paediatrics, Level II – 2003, certification
  • Intensive Care Medicine, 2008 – certification
  • General Practice for Children and Adolescents, 2012 – specialist qualification
  • Paediatrics 2012 – specialist qualification
  • Palliative Medicine 2017 – specialist qualification
  • 1998 Neonatology, Salzburg-Philadelphia Seminar, Salzburg 1998
  • 2004–2005 Training programme: ‘Video to aid communication in hospital – support
    Communication between healthcare staff, parents and children
  • 2007–2008 Series of seminars on communication and systems theories
  • 2013–2014 Volunteer training for the ‘Cesta domů’ mobile hospice

Practice at Hospital Hořovice:

  • Chief physician of the Supportive and Palliative Care Department 2026–present
  • Chief physician of the Paediatric Department 2015–2025
  • Deputy chief physician of the Paediatric Department 2011–2012

Previous experience:

  • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Motol University Hospital, 1997–2011, Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
  • Cardiology Centre, Motol University Hospital, 1998, 3-month placement in the Intensive Care Unit
  • Paediatric Clinic, Motol University Hospital, 1999, 10-month placement
  • Neonatology, General University Hospital, Prague, 2000, one-month placement in the ICU
  • PLDD Surgery of Dr Nízká, Prague 6, 2005 – present, 1 day a week
  • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Motol University Hospital, 2013 – May 2015, consultant in paediatric intensive care
  • Cesta domů Hospice, 2014 – present, external paediatrician for the mobile hospice

 

 

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