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Sibley actually does not have a NICU, which is a defined medical term. It has a "Special Care Nursery." Feel free to google yourself if you do not believe me. It is not the same thing as a NICU in terms of the interventions they can perform and the education/training level of the staff and it's why they can't take pre-32 week babies (and, in fact, will transfer babies born after 32 weeks that have special needs or that are unusually small). The transfer to Georgetown can be a problem if you don't like religious restrictions. I don't want to get into a debate here, but you may not want to unexpectedly deliver a pre-32 weeker at Georgetown if you don't share that hospital's religious convictions.[/quote]

Special Care Nursery is just a friendlier way of saying "Level II NICU that can initiate PPV but for not more than 24 hours." Sibley's SCN is staffed by the same neonatologists who attend at Georgetown's NICU. It doesn't have the same subspeciality coverage. though, and can't provide more exotic respiratory support (NO, HFOV) that a pre-32-weeker might need.[/quote]

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