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Street address
Children's Hospital
Stenbäckinkatu 11, Helsinki
Postal address
P.O. Box 281, FIN-00029 HUS
Contact information
Office: 09 471 72716
Fax: 09 471 73706
For enquiries regarding arrival and waiting lists, please call 09 471 75260 on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Nurse Manager: Satu Kiesvaara 09 471 75260
Ward physician: Mikko Pakarinen
Visiting hours: Parents are allowed to be with their child on the ward at any time, other visits should be discussed with personnel.
Care is provided to surgical patients aged 0 to 3 years. The ward has 13 beds, including 5 monitoring beds. Monitoring beds are for patients who need constant monitoring and readiness for immediate treatment procedures. The treatment period can be anything from a few days to several months. Some patients undergo several surgeries during their stay. Respiratory and nutritional disorders, for example, are likely to require lengthy periods of hospitalization.
The ward specializes in:
- Surgical treatment and follow-up of anomalies of the neonatal digestive tract
- Hepatic and biliary surgery of neonates and infants
- Severe intestinal disorders in infants such as short-bowel syndrome
- Abdominal and general surgery of infants
- Examination and treatment of diseases of the digestive tract in infants
- Neonatal neurosurgery
- Congenital anomalies of the respiratory system
- Treatment and monitoring of vascular anomalies in infants
- Initial care for burns in infants