Neonatal intensive care
Our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is available 24/7 to care for your baby.
At Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah, we serve families from the Southeast Georgia and Southern South Carolina communities. Our board-certified neonatologists provide excellent newborn care and around-the-clock monitoring.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Critical care for newborns
Our 92-bed Level III NICU is staffed by specialists that are ready to help support you and your baby.
Our NICU services
Our NICU is located on the second floor of the hospital, along with our labor and delivery unit. This allows us to keep families together and help you bond with your newborn.
We carefully manage this environment to enhance infant health, with soft lighting and minimal noise to promote rest and healing. If you choose to breastfeed, you have access to breast pumps, as well as lactation consultants.
If your infant is almost ready to be discharged, we provide a transitional room. This room helps you get used to spending time with your newborn outside of the NICU.
NICU live streaming
We know it is not always possible for you to remain by your newborn's side throughout their hospital stay. To help give you and your family peace of mind, our NICU is now equipped with bedside cameras to share a live stream of your baby while in the NICU. You can access a secure, private system that can be viewed on any smartphone, tablet or computer.
Our care team
In addition to physicians, providers and nurses, our NICU is staffed by multiple healthcare professionals, including:
- Child life specialists
- Lactation consultants
- Neonatal support staff
- Pharmacists
- Rehabilitation therapists
- Respiratory therapists
- Social workers
Transport crew
We receive hundreds of neonatal transports each year. If your baby is born at another hospital and requires specialized care, our neonatal transport team rapidly moves them to our facility. This team consists of specialized neonatal nurses and respiratory therapists who provide care for your newborn during transport.
View the rooms in our NICU
We offer an online tour of our NICU so you can feel prepared for your newborn's stay.
Virtual tours
If your baby needs to spend time in our NICU, you can see our room options virtually to give you comfort prior to and during their treatment. To view every area of our NICU and women’s unit with a 360-degree view, please take a virtual tour.
Macy and Dallas' testimonial
Hear how we cared for Macy Allmond's baby, Dallas, in the NICU after he was born prematurely.