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>> TODAY AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA,
THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR BABIES LIKE STOSH
TO BE BORN.
THIS IS THE GARBOSE FAMILY SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT,
THE WORLD'S FIRST BIRTH FACILITY CREATED EXCLUSIVELY
FOR PREGNANCIES COMPLICATED BY BIRTH DEFECTS.
ALMOST HALF THE 400 BABIES BORN HERE EACH YEAR HAVE
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.
>> NOT ONLY CAN THESE FAMILIES OBTAIN ACCURATE
DIAGNOSIS AND APPROPRIATE COUNSELING AND MANAGEMENT
BEFORE BIRTH, BUT WE CAN FACILITATE THEIR DELIVERY
AT THE VERY SAME SITE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING
THEIR CARE AFTER BIRTH.
>> SO THE PARENTS ARE SURROUNDED BY THIS WHOLE
HOST OF CAREGIVERS WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER THEIR BABY
FROM THE MOMENT THE BABY IS BORN.
>> WOO!
CHUNKY MONKEY.
>> 8:21.
THERE HE IS.
YAY!
>> DO THIS, DO THIS.
THERE YOU GO.
LOOK AT YOU.
>> AND THIS IS A RARITY, TO HAVE A DELIVERY UNIT ON-SITE
AT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE YOU CAN BEGIN TO MIX
AND MARRY THE BEST OF CARE FOR THE NEONATE
AND FOR THE MOTHER.
>> STOSH ANDREW, 8:21.
>> NOT EVERY BABY NEEDS IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
INTERVENTION, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO,
THE TEAM IS READY.
STOSH RECEIVES A BREATHING TUBE AND THEN GOES
FOR A VISIT WITH MOM.
>> CAN WE COME IN?
HERE WE COME.
>> STOSH IS HERE.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES OF OUR SPECIAL
DELIVERY UNIT IS THAT IT PROVIDES A HIGH DEGREE
OF STABILITY FOR THE INFANT AFTER BIRTH,
BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THE FAMILY TO BE IN A MUCH
MORE STABLE SITUATION.