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Delivering the best care for premature babies
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Delivering the best care for premature babies
On the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at The Royal London Hospital, monitors measure oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood of premature babies. This allows clinicians to adjust the ventilator according to a baby’s needs. Very small premature babies can rapidly decline in health, so these monitors are vital.
Thanks to one family’s fundraising for Barts Charity, brand new monitors are being used in the unit to make sure clinicians can provide the best care to premature babies.
Parents Thomas and Lauren donated nearly £12,000 to the NICU to fund the equipment. Their baby Luan was born two weeks premature in January 2021. Unfortunately, he was poorly from birth and doctors were unable to diagnose his condition. He had a short stay in NICU at The Royal London Hospital before he, sadly, died at nine days old. Luan’s life was short but his legacy will live on. “We wanted to raise money to help more babies in the NICU,” says Lauren. “Hopefully our fundraising means more babies can come home. Luan brought so much happiness and love into the world. He was a true warrior.”
