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ABOUT HOSPITAL
 Saint Maria Magdalene's Hospital was founded 175 years ago and since then our mission has been to give our little patients the best possible care, to provide the best possible facilities and medical services.
The staff of the hospital continue the long tradition and work selflessly to help the children. We now also have ample opportunities to improve our facilities to match the clinical excellence of the staff.
Saint Maria Magdalene's Hospital provides inpatient hospital care for patients under 18 years old. We use advanced medical technologies and modern diagnostic techniques. Most of the services we provide are free for our patients but there are some things which have to be paid for (for example, individual wards).
 The hospital mainly specializes in the following fields of medicine:
- Traumatology (a wide range of paediatrics emergencies, including severe injuries and their aftermath)
- Surgery (abdominal cavity and urogenital system pathology and diseases)
- Contaminated surgery (suppurative infections of abdominal cavity, lungs and skin, acute and chronic diseases of skeletal apparatus)
- Paediatrics (respiratory system, urogenital system and gastrointestinal tract diseases)
- Allergology (bronchial asthma, food and drug allergy, allergic dermatitis)
- Nephrology (renal system diseases)
- Rheumatic heart disease
The hospital is made up of the following units:
Admission Department
The department is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, and deals with emergencies in the following fields: paediatrics (nephrology, gastroenterology), allergology (bronchial asthma), surgery, traumatology, infectious diseases.
Accident and Emergency Unit
With its 65 beds, the unit is the largest in St. Petersburg and provides medical services for 3000 children a year. Children normally spend 5 to 8 days in the unit and then are referred to outpatient departments of their local polyclinics. We also provide consulting services for children undergoing outpatient treatment and do regular check-ups of difficult patients.
Highly qualified doctors use advanced technologies - arthroscopy, computer-aided tomography, MRI, ultrasonography - to provide the highest standard of treatment for children with a wide range of paediatrics emergencies, including severe and other injuries and their aftermath (such as malunions).
For osteosynthesis we use unique devices and techniques developed by Dr. Yelizarov.
We work in close contact with the Children's Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedy.
Contaminated Surgery Unit
The unit has 40 beds (4-6 beds in a ward); about 1300 children receive medical services here every year and 70% of them undergo different operations (on average, children spend from 3 to 7 days in the unit). In dealing with suppurative infections of abdominal cavity, lungs and skin, acute and chronic diseases of skeletal apparatus the staff use unique treatment modes by Dr. A.G.Bairov, which lead to excellent clinical outcome. For example, purulent appendicitis mortality is 0.
The members of the staff are involved in medical research and work in contact with St. Petersburg Medical Academy, the Institute of Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints, etc.
Surgery Unit
The unit works 24 hours and every year provides services for 2000 children; about 1500 operations are performed on patients with abdominal cavity and urogenital system pathology and diseases. We use advanced diagnostic and operating techniques and are especially successful in operating hernias, edemas, varicose veins, non-cancerous growths, etc. We also provide consulting services for patients and conduct seminars for doctors in local polyclinics. The staff of the unit work in contact with St. Petersburg Paediatrics Academy, St. Petersburg Medical Academy and the Institute of Oncology.
Paediatrics Unit
The unit deals with respiratory system, urogenital system and gastrointestinal tract diseases and specializes in urgent treatment of children from several months to 18 years old. It also provides elective treatment for the patients in need for regular inpatient care. Children usually spend 10 to 15 days in the unit and the staff have done their best to create a home-like atmosphere for their little patients.
The unit works in close contact with St. Petersburg Paediatrics Academy and St. Petersburg Medical Academy.
Allergy Unit
The unit has 45 beds and is the largest allergy unit in the city. It is a teaching unit of St. Petersburg Paediatrics Academy; all the doctors and nurses are highly qualified and have a lot of experience.
The unit admits children from all the districts of St. Petersburg and from other parts of the Russian Federation. Most of them suffer from bronchial asthma, allergic dermatitis, allergic gastroenteritis, etc., and need individually-designed diets and therapies. The staff use modern diagnostic equipment and software and keep up with the most advanced developments in diagnostics and methods of treatment.
Rheumatic Heart Disease Unit
The unit specializes in providing services of the highest quality for patients with heart and cardiovascular disease (including heart rhythm disturbance) and systemic rheumatic heart disease, and for patients in need for post-surgical treatment. We are a teaching unit of St. Petersburg Paediatrics Academy (providing training courses and seminars for both medical students and doctors) and we use advanced methods in diagnostics and treatment and provide consulting services.
Nephrology Unit
The unit, which is also a teaching unit of the Medical Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, deals with renal and urogenital system disease; we carry out medical examinations using modern techniques such as clinical, biochemical, immunological and bacteriological diagnostics, ultrasound examination of kidneys and others. We have abundant experience in treatment of contagious inflammatory disease including granulomatous cystitis.
The unit has 45 beds (from 1 to 6 beds in a ward) and according to their condition patients spend from 5 to 12 days in the unit.
Parents of small patients are allowed to stay in the ward 24 hours a day.
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation (Intensive Care) Unit
The two major areas of the services provided by the unit are: emergency resuscitation and intensive care for critically ill children, and anaesthesia during elective and emergency operations. The unit has excellent equipment for provision of emergency and anaesthetic services of any level of complexity; the staff use advanced methods of intravenous anaesthesia and therapy modes; we were the first hospital in St. Petersburg to introduce ultraviolet radiation of blood in complex therapy and we have gained a lot of experience in its application.
Outpatient and Consulting Unit
The unit carries out different kinds of clinical examination: electroencephalography, echocardiography (also with Doppler analysis) and others, and provides consulting services in cardiology, nephrology, rheumatology and allergology.
Physiotherapy Unit
The unit specializes in rehabilitation services and its facilities include fully-equipped physiotherapy rooms and therapeutic physical training rooms. The services are provided for anyone in need for them; they are free for the hospital's in-patients, others have to pay a fee.
X-ray Diagnostics Unit
The unit specializes in radiographic and ultrasonic examination. The highly-qualified staff use up-to-date equipment. X-ray department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Bacteriological Laboratory
The laboratory carries out a wide range of tests including pathogenic microorganisms tests (in cases of diphtheria, meningitis, salmonellosis, dysentery, pseudotuberculosis and others) and has built up a reputation for quick and exact diagnostic results.
Clinicodiagnostic Laboratory
The unit consists of 4 departments: hematological and clinical, immunological, biochemical and department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation (Intensive Care) Unit. Hematological and clinical department, which supports the work of Admission Department, and department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation (Intensive Care) Unit work 24 hours a day. On the whole, we carry out 300,000 tests a year.
Ophthalmology Unit
The unit has excellent facilities to provide a wide range of ophthalmologic services, such as biomicroscopy, tonometry, perimetry and others.
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