The Neonatal Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital is the only tertiary neonatal unit serving the New Territories East Region with a population of > 1 million and an annual delivery rate of ~5,000 babies.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

The NICU consists of 22 beds and provides level III neonatal intensive care to critically ill infants. We are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, e.g.,

• Advanced ventilatory support – high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), neurally-adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), and various modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation

• Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy – treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale

• Therapeutic hypothermia – treatment of newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)

• Perinatal care together with obstetricians for high risk pregnancies

Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)

The SCBU consists of 60 level II special baby care beds providing care for:

• Premature babies born greater than 32 weeks gestation

• Newborn infants with medical or surgical problems but not requiring ventilatory support

• Newborn infants recovering from serious conditions (step-down or intermediate care)

Follow-up clinics

• Following children requiring long-term management after discharge, e.g., children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, possible neurodisabilities, or complex medical conditions

• Neurodevelopmental assessments

Multidisciplinary care team

• Perinatal liaison team: to coordinate obstetric, neonatal, surgical and paediatric subspecialty teams for complex pregnancies

• Multidisciplinary care team for long-stay patients of the neonatal and paediatric intensive care units: to coordinate medical, nursing, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, dietetic teams for long-stay patient care