By Lorenza Rebuzzini | Grant Officer
Coronavirus second wave is hitting Italy harder than anyone expected: many regions are again in lockdown, and ICUs are under pressure once again. In this dramatic situation, Fondazione Francesca Rava is once again working in the frontline, to assure the health of pregnant women and newborn children.
During the first Coronavirus wave the project Covid Maternity was born to help Maternity Wards of Policlinico di Milano and Sacco Hospital in Milan. Specific Covid-19 Maternity Hubs have been equipped and have opened doors to Covid-19-positive mothers. Fondazione Francesca Rava helped with donation of ecographs and other important diagnostic tools.
During the first wave, the main Maternity Wards collected data. Results show that there are few mothers Covid-19 positive, and most of them are without syntoms. Nonetheless, Covid-19 seems more dangerous for pregnant women in the second trimester of pregnanacy, with risks for the growth of the fetus and premature delivery. The Coronavirus is not transmissible to newborns, who need to be kept under control, nonetheless. Maternity Wards have also the need and the duty to protect Covid-19-negative pregnant women, mothers and newborns, and medical and paramedical staff as well.
Hospitals in Italy now need to equip Covid-19 Maternity Wards, especially in the Center and South Italy. Fondazione Francesca Rava is raising funds to help: Federico II Hospital in Naples needs for its Maternity Ward an advanced ultrasound machine, a portable ultrasound, fetal heartbeat monitors, cardiotocographic monitors; Paediatric Hospital Microcitemico in Cagliari, Sardinia, needs an advanced ultrasound machine; San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Agrigento, Sicily, needs a cardiotocographic monitor.
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