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Maternal-Infant-Pediatric Department Program

The purpose of IMEC’s Maternal-Infant-Pediatric Department Program is to create a fully-functional medical department within an existing hospital, capable of caring for the health needs of expectant mothers, newborn infants, and young children in underdeveloped countries. Like all of IMEC’s medical department projects, the MIP Department can be adjusted to meet the specific needs and capabilities of the receiving hospital and its staff, but the overall package provides complete tools for maternal and infant care, no matter where it is delivered.

The MIP Department contains medical equipment and supplies chosen and organized into purpose-driven suites that focus around specific elements of health care. For example, suites offered are: delivery suites, nursery suites, examination suites, and laboratory suites. Our system of suite organization allows us to package equipment so that it can be shipped and then easily installed at the receiving hospital. 
Within hours of arrival, doctors can begin caring for their patients more effectively.

When the MIP Department arrives, doctors have the materials to support maternal care, infant delivery (both natural delivery and cesarean section), post-delivery care for both mother and child, and infant care. The program includes resuscitation suites for infants and adults, emergency care for problem deliveries and for infants in crisis, and also supports advanced nursery care with incubators, radiant warmers, infant oxygen supplies, and phototherapy to treat jaundice. It also provides doctors with diagnostic laboratories, medical libraries, and general staff support functions. At the request of many doctors, we’ve recently added an ob/gyn ultrasound machine to the MIP Department.

The MIP Department program was developed by IMEC in cooperation with Infante Sano, and with the advice of doctors from Brigham & Women’s Hospital and from Boston Children’s Hospital.

For further information about our Maternal-Infant-Pediatric Department Program, or to inquire about sponsoring an MIP Department Program for a hospital in the developing world, please contact IMEC at mip@imecamerica.org