Her name is Francesca , she is almost 19 years old and she wanted to return to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Cardarelli Hospital in Naples where she had been for about three months when she weighed just over 1 kilo.
On July 29, 2004, the mother, who was 29 weeks pregnant , rushed to the Cardarelli emergency room knowing that she would find in this hospital a Gynecology and Obstetrics department equipped for emergencies and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit capable of managing any critical issues.
A few hours after her arrival, the woman gave birth to little Francesca, who weighed only 1.150 grams . 19 years later, welcoming her into the NICU, Francesca was reunited with Claudio Iervolino, one of the doctors who had cared for her when she was just born, and Maria Gabriella De Luca, head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The experience of her first three months of life will also have a positive impact on Francesca's future: she wants to become a doctor and on July 25th she will take the entrance exams to enter medical school.
The Cardarelli Neonatal Intensive Care Unit welcomes approximately 300 newborns each year, including transfers from other clinics and hospitals in Campania, through the Neonatal Emergency Transport System, a regional network of ambulances that ensures safe transport for newborns requiring care in the NICU.
The department boasts specific specializations in the management of premature infants and those with infectious, malformative, and neurological conditions . Care for these young patients continues even after hospitalization, through the at-risk newborn monitoring clinic.
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