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Neonatal services provide care for sick babies in the period immediately following their birth, including premature and low birth weight babies and babies born with congenital or other conditions which compromise their health or survival. 

The neonatal service system in Victoria comprises four neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), 18 special care nurseries (SCNs) and the Newborn Emergency Transport Service (NETS).

What's new

Guidelines for inpatient care of babies with possible infectious illness (pdf, 261kb) - July 2010

Neonatal Services Critical Capacity Guidelines (pdf, 263kb) - July 2010

Contact: For general enquiries Tel. (03) 9096 7798

This web site is managed and authorised by the Maternity and Newborn Program, Acute Programs, Performance, Acute Programs & Rural Health Branch, Hospital and Health Service Performance Division, Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia