Women's Health

NICU

Central Maine Medical Center's Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit (NICU) specializes in caring for premature babies and infants with developmental problems or medical complications, including infections, breathing disorders, traumatic injuries, and metabolic and neurologic disorders. Infants are also evaluated and stabilized for the treatment of cardiac and surgical problems at other medical facilities.

Board-certified neonatologists with extensive experience in the care of premature and seriously ill children provide medical care on the NICU. The NICU nursing staff has many years of experience caring for premature infants.

The NICU staff approach to patient care includes considering the baby's family. Care plans are individualized, and in addition to medical and nursing care, they may include social services, financial planning, post-discharge care and home-care services.