La Paz Hospital Group is a health institution that over the years has focused on providing medical services based on Person-Centered Careprioritizing the comprehensive well-being of patients and collaborators. Based on this purpose, the La Paz Hospitals Maternity Program has worked on 4 family well-being plans, which seek to benefit mothers and babies before, during and after birth. Learn more details!
La Paz Maternal and Child Welfare Program Hospital Group
The Maternity Program of La Paz Hospital Group promotes comprehensive well-being of mothers and children from the moment of conceptionproviding top-notch health services to focus on the physical, nutritional, psychological, social, human and empathic integrity of its patients.
Margie Katiolli Bocaletti, Business Relations and Marketing Manager of La Paz Grupo Hospitalario, commented: «Our Maternity Program has experts in gynecology, anesthesiology, pediatrics and nursing. It offers payment facilities to be able to provide prevention plans, procedures and treatments for the peace of mind of parents for almost two years of medical coverage. It begins with prenatal checkups during pregnancy, a natural birth plan or cesarean section and pediatric control, as well as vaccination for the newborn. In addition, it can be purchased with or without health insurance to support the home economy.
The Maternity Program offers 4 family well-being plans, each focused on each of the main stages of this important process:
Prenatal
It has more than 30 specialized laboratory and diagnostic tests per trimester of gestation, including structural ultrasound; and check-ups with professionals specialized in gynecology with the aim of developing a healthy pregnancy, ensuring the well-being of the mother, as well as the baby, and preventing complications.
Birth
The medical procedure is structured to be carried out in a manner natural or cesarean section by the hands of gynecologists, anesthesiologists, pediatricians and nurses specialized in maternity. The plan includes the following services, divided by type of delivery:
- Natural: emergency admission without charge2 nights of room, 2 nights of Nursery Room, natural birth procedure, medications and surgical supplies, post-operative supplies for mother and baby, and 1 consultation with a gynecologist in a package with free fees.
- Cesarean section: emergency admission without charge, 3 nights in a room, 3 nights in the Nursery Room, cesarean section procedure, medications and surgical supplies, post-operative supplies for mother and baby, and 1 consultation with a gynecologist in a package with free fees.
Nutrition during pregnancy and postpartum
It is a plan that includes laboratories and consultation with nutritionists specialized in creating personalized meal plans focused on promoting optimal breastfeeding, as well as the mother’s healthy weight both during pregnancy and after the birth of her baby. These meal plans include all the necessary nutrients for the mother and her child.
Pediatrics
Control is given newborn during its first year of life through medical check-ups with pediatric experts, as well as administration of vaccines to contribute to the development of a healthy child.
The different headquarters of Hospitales La Paz in Guatemala have cutting-edge technology in ultrasounds, mammograms, labs and diagnostic tests that contribute to optimal development of the pregnancy, birth and child growth. Its modern facilities are designed to guarantee the comfort and safety of its patients in the most important stages of motherhood.
On the other hand, health professionals are trained to implement 4 main axes of well-being, covering the first minute of pregnancy with empathy and humanity:
- Immediate attachment: providing skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, and strengthening the connection from the first minute of life. This aspect also provides psychological stability and stimulates breastfeeding.
- Joint accommodation: the baby remains with its mother in the same room from the first hours of life, an element that also stimulates breastfeeding, ensures the emotional well-being of the mother and strengthens the bond with the newborn. All rooms are totally private.
- Breastfeeding: Nursing staff, with the support of UNICEF, provide an educational plan to the patient to begin the breastfeeding process during their stay. This helps the mother to successfully continue with natural and healthy eating at home. Recently, Hospitales La Paz received recognition as a Breastfeeding Friendly Entity, celebrating a decade of being friends of breastfeeding. During the month to raise awareness about the fight against breast cancer, it seeks to promote the benefits of this practice to contribute to the baby’s health and reduce risks for the mother.
- Personalized attention: Hospitales La Paz has trained its advisors to become experts in maternity and encourage personalized attention to each family. These advisors conduct tours of the facilities to be a direct link between the mother and specialist doctors, guaranteeing that the mother and her baby have a satisfactory comprehensive well-being experience.
María José Figueroa, Experience Manager for La Paz Hospital Group, expressed: «For a decade in health care, we made the decision as pioneer hospitals in Central America to ally ourselves with Planetree International, with the commitment to provide exceptional medical quality in care focused on the patient, family and collaborators, as well as develop programs that contribute to people’s health.
Human warmth, innovation in health services and a person-centered professional experience are characteristics that describe Hospitales La Paz in Guatemala. Learn more by visiting hospitalslapaz.com.
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