ABSTRACT
PIP: The organization of hospitals providing preventive care and medical services for women who have had abortions and for premature infants reduces infant mortality, prevents serious disorders of the central nervous system, and contributes to resuscitation measures. A children's hospital, organized in Moscow in 1971, provides obstetric and pediatric services. It includes: 1) a polyclinic with a family and marriage counseling department; 2) a maternity home with a medical services department for women who have had abortions; a physiological and clinical obstetrics department; a medical services department for premature infants; and a resususcitation and intensive care department for premature infants; 3) a facility for medical treatment of premature infants; and 4) a facility for rehabilitation of children with disorders of the central nervous system. This new form of specialized medical services enables the hospital to develop an effective strategy of monitoring women who have had abortions, deal with premature delveries, and treat premature infants. Such organization makes it possible to transfer premature infants from the maternity home to rehabilitiation facilities and provide them with multilevel medical services thoughout the rehabilitation period. The specialized medical services for women who have had abortions and for premature infants proved to be highly effective and are recommended for broad application within the Soviet health care system.^ieng
