A multidisciplinary state institution in St. Petersburg, which provides highly qualified assistance to children, is named after the Grand Duchess of Kievan Rus - St. Olga. Children's City Hospital No. 4 accepts boys and girls from 0 to 18 years old. This institution conducts various types of examinations, treatment in all areas. Today we will find out what departments this hospital has and what people think about it.
Historical background
Even in 1952, this hospital was opened. Saint Olga - the patroness of this children's institution - ruled Kievan Rus after the death of her husband Oleg. This is a great woman who was distinguished by her invincible will and courage. Having named the hospital in honor of St. Olga, its then administrators wanted their parents to understand that they had to fight to the end for their happiness and he alth.children.
When the clinic opened, it could only accommodate a small number of patients. In 1970, the institution was named "Hospital No. 4". Then the structure of the organization included a hospital, as well as outpatient departments.
Only in 1995 was the renaming of such an institution as the fourth children's hospital. St. Olga gave the name to the clinic, and now her name flaunts on the sign of this medical organization. To date, the institution is the largest in the northern part of the city.
Hospital today
The St. Olga City Children's Hospital located in St. Petersburg today can accommodate over 300 children within its walls. The structure of the institution includes 10 departments, including the reception. The hospital also includes an MRI room, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a catering unit, a physiotherapy department, and an X-ray room. Even at the institution there are such consultative centers as epileptological, neurological, pulmonological. And since 2013, a city children's cystic fibrosis center has been opened on the basis of the hospital.
The staff of the institution are the leading children's doctors of the city. Basically, these are specialists of the highest categories, candidates and doctors of medical sciences. Children's Hospital 4 St. Olga actively cooperates with scientific and practical institutes and medical higher educational institutions of St. Petersburg. That is why within the walls of this organization you can often meet interns, graduate students.
A brief about the princess
The patroness of this institution is St. Olga. The hospital is named after this Russian princess,ruling in Kievan Rus. In 1547 Olga was canonized as a saint. Few women in Christian history have received such an honor. Saint Olga is considered the patroness of widows and newly converted Christians. In Orthodox churches, July 11 is considered her day. The fourth hospital was named after this great woman. St. Olga laid the foundation for stone town planning in Russia.
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The institution has the following branches:
- infectious No. 1 and No. 3 (for children with bronchial problems, lungs, as well as those diagnosed with SARS);
- neuropsychiatric 2, 6, 7 and 8;
- pathologies of newborns and premature babies No. 4;
- otorhinolaryngological No. 5 (for children with diseases of the ENT organs requiring surgical or conservative treatment);
-outpatient clinic;
- Foster.
The clinic also has its own office for laboratory research, an intensive care unit and an X-ray room.
Departments for the treatment of children with cerebral palsy and CNS pathologies
For the treatment of these serious problems, parents with babies are sent to the branch of the hospital, located at: st. Garvskaya, 5. The numbers of the departments that deal with the problems of children with cerebral palsy and central nervous system are 7 and 8. Children aged 3 months to 6 years are treated in these departments of the medical institution.
To get an appointment with a doctor, you must provide the registry with a referral from the neurologist of the polyclinic. Afterthe specialist will receive an official document, he begins the examination of a small patient, which consists in passing such studies:
- Computed tomography.
- MRI of the brain and spinal cord.
- Ultrasonography of the brain.
- Electroencephalography and dopplerography of the vessels of the spinal cord and brain.
- Electromyography, etc.
In parallel with the passage of the necessary examinations of a small patient, the following doctors may be invited to an appointment:
- orthopedist;
- speech therapist;
- physiotherapist;
- endocrinologist;
- neurosurgeon;
- optometrist;
- geneticist.
Positive feedback from people about departments No. 7 and 8
The responses of parents about these departments of the famous medical institution called "Children's City Hospital 4 St. Olga" are both positive and negative. Approving assessments of people relate to the work of the organization's personnel. Here are some positive points noted by parents of sick children:
- The use of original techniques for working with babies. Many parents who got to these departments with their children note that pedagogical and speech therapy work with their sons and daughters is going well. The specialists of these branches know their work, they use the Montessori technique, a specialized massage for the arms, legs, and articulatory muscles.
- Parents note the excellent work of speech therapists. These narrow specialists pay great attention to psychoverbalkids activities. They conduct individual classes with parents to teach them the skills of proper pedagogical and speech therapy work with their child.
- All employees of departments No. 7 and 8 always go to the rescue, without leaving a single patient unattended.
Also, parents note such positive aspects in these neuropsychiatric departments:
- Free treatment for patients with referral from a neurologist.
- Possibility of stay in the hospital for children with their parents.
- Competent, adequate treatment. St. Olga's Hospital 4 (psycho-neurological department) practices complex therapy using medicines, massage, exercise therapy, electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, heat therapy, etc.
Negative feedback from people about departments No. 7 and 8
There are also bad ratings for these departments. They are connected not with the work of specialists, but with the conditions in which sick children are with their parents:
- The building is not for children at all: gray, dark. The only thing that adorns the building is a plate, which shows that the patroness of this children's institution is St. Olga. A children's hospital, according to many parents, should not scare people away, it should have more bright colors.
- Near the hospital there is not even a place to take a walk with a child. Walking places are not equipped with anything.
ENT department 5: description
St. Olga's Hospital at 2, Zemledelcheskaya Street, accepts small patients with various diseases of the throat, nose and ears that require surgical intervention. Operationsare performed in the otolaryngological department No. 5. It accepts babies aged from 3 months to 18 years.
Any child who has suspicions can get into the ENT department:
- on adenoids, chronic adenoiditis;
- diseases of the pharynx;
- sinusitis (sinusitis, frontal sinusitis, ethmoiditis);
- nasal polyposis;
- hearing loss;
- otitis media;
- deviated septum;
- allergic rhinitis;
- laryngitis in any form (acute or chronic).
In Department No. 5, such surgical operations are performed as opening of hematomas, boils, abscesses of the nose; removal of fistulas, foreign bodies from the ENT organs; polypotomy, reposition of the bones of the olfactory organ, etc.
In addition to surgical intervention, such medical procedures are performed here as washing of sulfuric plugs, paranasal sinuses; blowing the auditory tubes; catheterization of the auditory tube; treatment of tonsillitis with a special apparatus, etc.
Positive feedback from parents about the ENT department
Children's City Hospital of St. Olga, namely its fifth department, receives different ratings from people. There are positive reviews, and they are expressed as follows:
- Free treatment.
- Good attitude of medical staff.
- Food. Food at the hospital is tasty, he althy and always fresh.
- Adequate, correct and fast treatment.
- Availability of superior comfort rooms.
Negative moments in the work of the ENT department
1. The City Hospital of St. Olga is an institution that has not yet been properly renovated. The employees of the institution tried to decorate the premises with some kind of children's stickers on the walls, but this did not make the room better.
2. Lack of normal conditions in the wards. Many mothers complain that when they get into the ENT department, they do not get a second bed. And how can you sleep with a child on the same bed, which, in addition, also fails? Doctors do not answer this question.
3. Placement of patients not by age. Many people complain that small patients with their parents are often placed in the wards in this department and boys or girls at the age of 14, 15 are also placed there. Although, as it seems to many, it would be more correct to arrange patients by age.
4. Work interns to whom there is no trust. Many mothers note that the work of future young specialists is bad: they did not cope with their duties. Little patients should have experienced doctors, not university interns.
5. Inability to reach the attending physician. Many parents write that ENT doctors are very busy people and they rarely pick up the phone. This moment is stressful for parents, especially when an urgent consultation of a specialist is needed, and there is no time to go or even fly to this medical facility.
Department of pathology for infants, premature babies
St. Olga's Hospital on Zemledelcheskaya also accepts very young children who have recently been born. Department for newborns andpremature babies are designed for 30 beds. It has the latest equipment for diagnosing and nursing babies. The following specialists work in this department: oculists, orthopedists, cardiologists, surgeons, geneticists.
Moms can be with their newborn babies daily from 9 am to 8 pm. They learn how to properly care for and feed their children. Every day, specialists talk with parents on various issues.
Mothers have the opportunity to relax in a special room. They are also fed 3 times a day for free. A comfortable bathroom, a shower room - the hospital also has all this. Saint Olga, who accepted Christianity even before the baptism of Russia, did everything possible to make Russia a great power. Probably, the people who named the hospital after this princess wanted the clinic to become powerful and popular. And they succeeded.
Psycho-Neurological Department No. 2
This unit has 45 beds, 10 of which are for children under 1 year old.
Diseases that the doctors of this department fight:
- Epilepsy.
- Problems with the autonomic nervous system: tension headaches, migraine.
- Vascular diseases.
- Sequelae of traumatic brain injury.
Sick children and their parents are consulted by an endocrinologist, ophthalmologist, orthopedist, physiotherapist, nutritionist. Interns and residents have the opportunity to undergo postgraduate training in department No. 2 of the medical institution, which is underpatronage of such a princess as St. Olga. The hospital also cooperates with the Polenov Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute. Neurosurgeons also consult with patients who are hospitalized and decide on the need to provide them with appropriate care.
Infectious Ward 1
Children with acute respiratory viral infections or complications after SARS can get here. This department has extensive experience in St. Petersburg with such diseases. Laryngotracheitis is a common ailment that doctors at St. Olga's Hospital encounter daily. To quickly rid young patients of this disease, inhalation therapy is used. For this, inhalers and nebulizers have been supplied in special rooms that can quickly cure children of laryngotracheitis.
St. Olga's Hospital closely cooperates with the Research Institute of Children's Infections, due to which the institution can use the most modern methods of treatment and diagnosis of any form of viral infections.
Also, in department No. 1, round-the-clock medical supervision is organized for the children admitted. In addition, there are 10 beds for the treatment of patients with somatic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, urinary system, eating disorders, allergic reactions.
Physiotherapy department
The spiritual mother of the Russian people is St. Olga. Hospital (St. Petersburg - the city in which it is located),named after her, accepts children from various cities of Russia. The physiotherapy department offers various rehabilitation and treatment procedures:
- For the nervous system (cerebral palsy, encephalopathy, migraine, vegetovascular dystonia, etc.).
- Respiratory system (pneumonia, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthma).
- Musculoskeletal system (clubfoot, scoliosis, osteochondrosis).
- ENT organs (rhinitis, adenoiditis, hearing loss, otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillitis, etc.).
Methods of physiotherapy in the department:
- Massage. It is carried out by experienced massage therapists. Techniques: acupressure, reflex, classical massage, manual therapy.
- Electrotherapy: magnetotherapy, galvanization, electrophoresis, UHF, inductothermy, etc.
- Therapy with mechanical vibrations: ultrasound, infrasound, ultraphonophoresis.
- Light therapy: infrared, laser, photochromotherapy, UV, etc.
- Heat therapy: mud applications, thermophysical heaters, paraffin, etc.
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Water therapy: medicinal, mineral, aromatic, pearl baths.
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Maintaining order in your state and the absence of wars - this was exactly the philosophy of a great personality in the history of Kievan Rus, this is what distinguished Princess Olga from other women. The hospital, which is named after her, also adheres to a certain foundation, regime. Today is specialattention in the institution is paid to the diet of young patients. So, the hospital is equipped with new devices for cooking. A dietitian and a dietitian work here, who runs a computer nutrition program and prepares a daily menu.
The hospital uses 2 types of food: group and individual. The group system uses 10 basic diets depending on the problems of the little patient:
1. With gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer.
2. Chronic gastritis.
3. Chronic colitis.
4. Inflammatory problems in the intestines during an exacerbation.
5. Pyelonephritis, pancreatitis, biliary dyskinesia.
6. Nephropathy.
7. Glomerulonephritis.
8. Obesity.
9. Diabetes mellitus.
10. Diseases of the cardiovascular system, allergies of any origin. Is the basic diet.
Conclusion
Children's City Hospital No. 4 St. Olga is a multidisciplinary institution where you can get both free and paid assistance. This medical organization has several departments: surgical, infectious, neurological, pulmonological, otolaryngological, department for newborns and premature babies. Each block provides quality assistance to children. Patients do not stay in this medical institution, because doctors help to quickly get rid of the problem, preventing its progression or complications.
