Neonatal Intensive Care
Northwest Health offers advanced level II neonatal intensive care inside Northwest Health - La Porte.
A level II neonatal intensive care is capable of providing specialty care for infants delivered as early as 32 weeks or who are moderately ill with problems that are expected to resolve rapidly and who would not be anticipated to need subspecialty-level services on an urgent basis.
The special care nursery is staffed to care for up to four neonatal intensive care infants. These infants benefit from additional support from sister hospital Northwest Health – Porter, where neonatologists are available around the clock to provide immediate consultations or, if necessary, a transport team at the ready should babies need transferred to a level III neonatal intensive care unit.
The NICU provides care for:
- Babies who have moderate medical issues not requiring sub-specialty care and are expected to recover fairly quickly
- Premature infants as early as 32 weeks
- Babies who are full term but require close monitoring
- Respiratory disorders
- Infection or sepsis