Not long ago a piece of news broke the circle of friends of moms, a pregnant woman in the fifth month of pregnancy premature birth, the child was born into the incubator, and finally managed to survive. In the crowd for the child pinched a sweat, the news of another information also let the mothers surprised, the baby in the hospital incubator by a specialized doctor care, just a few months time actually spent more than 1 million yuan of medical expenses, the netizens of the mothers have exclaimed "can not afford to live".
Premature birth, that is, the baby in the mother's stomach has not stayed long enough, but due to a variety of reasons had to be delivered early. Any premature baby is inevitably to the hospital incubator to stay a few days, followed by a substantial increase in medical costs, although we are not unfamiliar with the term incubator, but most people do not understand this thing. So what is so special about the incubator? Why would they charge such a high fee? Let us unravel its mystery.
What kind of baby will be sent to the incubator?
It is well known that premature babies are put into incubators. Preterm babies are usually meant to be babies who are not within the estimated due date and are born early, but this definition is actually not accurate enough because every fetus develops differently, and two fetuses born at the same time of pregnancy may be born weak while the other may be perfectly normal, so the exact determination still depends on the baby's condition after birth. Do you think only preterm babies are put in incubators? Wrong! In addition to preterm babies, babies born with congenital weaknesses or who are critically ill due to major illnesses are also sent to the incubator, where they will remain to receive nutrition and treatment until they reach their weight and vital signs are stable before being taken out.
The principle of the incubator
The hospital's special incubator for newborns, also known as the baby warming box, in fact, from the appearance of its function can be seen, there are two main: one is to keep warm, and the second is to facilitate the monitoring. Sounds very common, but the hospital's warming box is not just an ordinary "transparent heater" so simple. Simply heating, has the function of maintaining constant temperature, constant humidity, no noise, isolation of bacteria. In terms of monitoring, because the temperature is appropriate so the baby does not need to wear clothes, easy to observe at any time, but also can be connected to a variety of monitoring instruments, can directly monitor the baby's temperature, heartbeat, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, brain function, and other data, but also has a direct baby blue light therapy, filming and other functions, very high-tech.
Charges
The charges for the incubator are based on the time and the degree of danger to the baby, the longer the stay, the more dangerous the baby's condition, the higher the cost. In general, the baby is not in great danger, the current charges of public hospitals in the city is about 1000 yuan a day, the specific price will be based on the hospital equipment will have a certain degree of fluctuation of the old and new. But if the situation is more dangerous and requires all kinds of supervision and monitoring, tens of thousands of dollars a day is possible.
Seeing that the incubator is so expensive, are you all more determined to have a safe pregnancy? But don't worry too much, the insulation box charges are included in the medical insurance, and the reimbursement ratio is also very large, the mother will focus on taking care of themselves is the most important.