Connecticut Children’s Medical Center has opened a new fetal care center, the only such facility in New England with a dedicated delivery unit, the organization announced Monday.
The center is inside Connecticut Children’s main campus at 282 Washington St. in Hartford. Later, it will be relocated to the new eight-story tower, which is being built along Washington and is set to open in 2025.
The Fetal Care Center at Connecticut Children’s treats mothers with babies who have been identified as high-risk for serious birth defects or health conditions that may need advanced care in utero and soon after delivery.
Through an alliance with Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut Children’s offers a “seamless continuum of care for mom and baby,” according to the announcement.
The Fetal Care Center at Connecticut Children’s provides services including twin-twin transfusion syndrome procedures, robotic fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair for the prenatal treatment of spina bifida and the FETO procedure, which stands for fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion.
“There is not another center in New England that will provide the same kind of care and
experience for fetal diagnoses,” said Dr. Timothy Crombleholme, director of the fetal care center. “Mothers from New England should not have to travel to other centers to get fetal intervention. We know expectant mothers and their babies have better outcomes when they receive care close to home.”
The center opened Monday and the first surgery is scheduled for Tuesday.
