{"id":3691,"date":"2021-11-29T15:56:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T05:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2021-11-29T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T05:56:29","slug":"world-prematurity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/world-prematurity-day","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating our tiniest patients on World Prematurity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 17 December, we celebrated World Prematurity Day and the amazing work of our Neonatology\u00a0Intensive Care\u00a0and Special Care Units.\u00a0The theme of World Prematurity Day for 2021\u00a0was\u00a0\"Zero separation: Act now! Keep parents and babies born too soon together\".\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Each year more than 1,600 premature and sick babies are admitted to the Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit (GSNU). Over the past 12 months, GSNU had 1,814 admission of which 574\u202fwere premature babies. Many of these babies stay for months at a time while\u00a0they receive life-giving medical treatment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Queensland Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists Association has been hard at work knitting and crocheting hundreds of tiny purple beanies for RBWH's premature babies. The colour purple is the internationally recognised colour for premature babies, which represents sensitivity and exceptionality.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">RBWH\u00a0neonatology\u00a0nurse Natasha Chetty helped coordinate the beanies this year\u00a0and said that every baby in the unit on World Prematurity Day received a beanie and a special shirt to wear.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"Beanies\u00a0are an important item of clothing for premature babies who have been born from the warm environment of the womb early, therefore require support to maintain a body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius,\" she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"Babies in the unit are nursed in heated humidicribs so need minimal clothing while in there, however when they are taken out of their cribs for skin-to-skin cuddles with mum or dad, the use of beanies is strongly encouraged.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\"We're very grateful to the Queensland Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists\u00a0Association\u00a0for making these special\u00a0gifts for our tiniest patients and helping brighten the days of the parents of these babies in such an overwhelming time.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\"><div style=\"margin:-2px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-5 fusion-gallery-layout-masonry fusion-gallery-1\"><div class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-grid-sizer\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:2.5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none fusion-element-grid\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><div style=\"background-image:url();padding-top:calc((100% + 4px) * 0.8 - 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