Within the Humanization Project of Perinatal Care, maternity hospitals tend to modernize with facilities more adapted to the needs of women who are going to give birth. An example of this are the new delivery rooms of the Clinical Hospital of Malaga.
He Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital of Malaga It has reformed the area of Maternity and Neonates to unite in the same space the attention that was previously given in two different floors.
The hospital's delivery rooms have increased from two to five, which are also dilatation rooms, so the whole process is treated in the same space, without the need to move.
The dilation and delivery rooms are equipped with elements that help relieve pain, such as inflatable balls, a bathroom, special beds that become a delivery table, and a curiosity that you can see in the photo: a birth bench, which we It indicates that the pregnant woman can choose different positions when giving birth.
Under the same philosophy of facilitating the participation of women and the family in the process of childbirth, it is also sought that physical contact between the newborn and the mother is not interrupted at any time, in addition to promoting breastfeeding from the moment of delivery.
Without a doubt, the modernization of the facilities of the Malaga Clinic This is good news for women who are going to give birth in that hospital.
They can be confident that both the new dilation-delivery rooms and the care in the birth process and the first days of the baby are headed for a more humanized assistance, which is still necessary in many maternity hospitals in Spain.
