Device gives babies with jaundice more contact with parents
By The News-Gazette
Friday January 2, 2009
DANVILLE — Babies born with severe jaundice at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center's Family Life Center will now get more cuddle time with their parents in their first few days after birth, thanks to new equipment the hospital has purchased with an $8,000 gift from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Illinois.
Jaundice, a condition that causes newborns to have yellow coloring of the skin and white coloring of the eyes due to excess bilirubin in the blood, typically goes away on its own in one to two weeks in mild to moderate cases. But higher-level jaundice is treated by phototherapy administered with special lamps.
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