Harmony in the NICU
- T H H G Koh, Senior Specialist in Neonatal Paediatrics1,
- T S Koh2
- 1Kirwan Hospital/The Townsville Hospital Townsville QLD 4814 Australia; guan_koh@health.qld.gov.au
- 2Koh Enterprise Pty Ltd, PO Box 10209, Gouger St, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are stressful places for both parents of babies and health professionals. Most junior doctors in NICUs are competent and find their neonatal experience enjoyable and beneficial to their career. The name neonatal intensive care unit emphasises that the focus is not only INTENSIVE, in terms of trying to cure the critically sick babies, but that our approach is one of intensive CARE: caring for the baby and the parents as much as for other members in the neonatal team. In our NICU, we are fortunate that most members from various disciplines work in harmony. One example of this is the team contribution from …









