Good Samaritan Hospital has a long tradition as the market leader in delivering the most babies in region. Short and long term planning continues to focus on enhancing this excellence and continuing to provide care for the women who deliver their babies at Good Samaritan now and into the future.

Trihealth - Good Samaritan Hospital - Maternity And Newborn Programs

Programs that need funding include:

Maternal Cardiology Program at Good Samaritan Hospital
As an extension of the Fetal Care Center Collaborative, the Maternal Cardiology Program would be located at the Good Samaritan Hospital. This specialty program will focus on women who were born with cardiac anomalies, most having been surgically corrected, and now either planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
As technology improves, the challenge in maintaining a state of the art service is keeping abreast of the ever-changing improved technology. The NICU has expanded its capacity over the past few years as the number of premature and low birthweight babies has increased. The Good Samaritan NICU needs the following equipment to maintain this high level of excellence:

Outpatient Lactation Center
The World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control has established a target that all babies should be breast-fed after delivery, for as long as possible. The breast-feeding rate at Good Samaritan Hospital is 62% at the time of hospital discharge. Many women stop breastfeeding within the first month. An outpatient breastfeeding center improves the length of time women breastfeed post delivery.

Mother Baby Unit
The number of babies delivered less than 37 weeks gestation (40 weeks is considered the best) has increased three-fold in the past two years. Many of these newborns must be tested to make sure they are able to go home in a car seat, since they are often “scrunched” in those seats. A “car seat challenge test” must be done on each of these babies on the unit before they can go home.

Breast Center at Good Samaritan
Breast Cancer is the most feared disease by women, surpassing heart disease, lung cancer or colon cancer. When a lump is discovered, a woman is often beset with fear and anxiety. Leading breast centers have hired “Nurse Navigators” to assist the woman through the process of testing, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. The Good Samaritan Breast Center needs a full time Nurse Navigator, who is a RN with special interest and expertise in breast cancer.