The Children''s Department at the Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Hospital in Dammam, affiliated to the Health Affairs of the Ministry of National Guard, organized, today, its "Care for Premature Babies" conference, in its second edition. The regional executive director for health affairs at the Ministry of National Guard in the eastern sector, Dr. Ahmed Al-Arfaj, explained that the conference, which seeks to spread the culture of caring for premature and prenatal children, dealt with maternal care during pregnancy in terms of medical follow-up and proper nutrition, and the latest findings of modern medicine through care and care In preterm infants, in addition to breastfeeding premature infants.
And Dr. Al-Arfaj indicated that the intensive care and intermediate care department for newborns received 340 children last year, 30% of whom were premature children, who were treated with the efforts of health staff and the availability of advanced equipment and technologies that contributed to raising the child survival rate.
The conference included awareness programs and activities to raise awareness of the family and its role in preserving child health and avoiding premature births.
