The SCBU (Special Care Baby Unit) at Lakes is an 8-bed, level two neonatal unit which provides care for sick and/or preterm infants greater than 32 weeks gestation although occasionally we care for babies that are 31 gestational age who do not require tertiary level care in Waikato Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Hamilton.
Our unit is dedicated to providing individualised, holistic, family/whānau centred developmental care that responds to the infant's physiological, psychological, spiritual and cultural needs.
The unit has three nurseries: one for isolation, one for intensive care and one for the infants who are stable but require support with feeding and growing until they are ready for discharge home.
In our intensive care nursery we provide breathing assistance (called CPAP), Hi Flow oxygen and short-term ventilation pending transfer to our tertiary support unit. We administer Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and antibiotics via Umbilical Vein Catheters (UVDs), long lines or peripheral lines.
We have four available Mothercraft rooms where mothers can stay close to their infant and continue to seek support and guidance from the SCBU staff while their infant is in SCBU care.
Where to find us: see the Rotorua Hospital map here.