Gynaecology and Obstetric Department

The ward provides inpatient care for pregnant patients in the third trimester of pregnancy and for patients after childbirth. After a vaginal birth, the mother comes here from the delivery room approximately 2 hours after the birth, together with her baby and her companion. After a caesarean section, the mother is brought here from the operating theatre immediately after the operation; we have a postoperative room with the option of intensive monitoring, where the mother stays together with her baby and her companion. We prefer maximum rooming-in after both vaginal and caesarean births. The ward has four premium rooms, where the mother and her partner can stay together 24 hours a day; there is a fold-out bed for the companion and a private bathroom with WC. We have created one so-called family room, whose equipment includes a shared bed for the parents. The other rooms are newly furnished with modern furniture, a baby changing unit and a cot; the bathroom facilities have been modernly renovated and are separate for each room. Each room has a TV and internet access. For this ward we have set up a buffet system for breakfasts and all-day snacks with regard to the nutritional needs of expectant and breastfeeding mothers. We share the ward with the neonatal staff, who provide care for the newborns. All-day midwife care is available, as well as lactation counselling, kinesiotaping, the loan of breast pumps, and the possibility of borrowing a baby breathing monitor for use at home. We provide nutritional counselling, education on scar care and rehabilitation. For every mother after childbirth, we make and give her a print of her baby's feet, and a photo corner is available for you.

Our maternity ward has repeatedly been awarded the Natural Birth in Hospital certificate, specifically the Satisfied Mother Certificate, the Certificate for a Welcoming Approach to Mothers and the Certificate for Gentle Medication in Labour Management.

Visiting hours are unrestricted, at the discretion of each mother. We recommend visiting outside the morning ward rounds and examinations, and in the evening by arrangement with the staff.

The ward provides care for hospitalised patients with gynaecological conditions and care for pregnant patients, mainly in the first and second trimester of pregnancy, but sometimes, due to capacity reasons, also for women in the third trimester and after childbirth.

Patients are hospitalised here in preparation for gynaecological surgery and after surgery, following a short stay in the recovery room, they are transferred to this ward for monitoring and further postoperative care.

One premium room with its own bathroom is available; by arrangement with the attending doctor, a companion or a breastfed baby may stay there too. Depending on ward occupancy, two further single rooms are available.

We cooperate with the other clinical specialties of Jihlava Hospital.

Visits are unrestricted – by arrangement with the staff.

Our delivery rooms are modern, yet very pleasantly furnished for mothers in line with the modern trend of the “home birth room”. When caring for a pregnant woman, during childbirth and during postnatal care, we place emphasis on respecting the client's wishes, the comfort of the parents and ensuring the safety of the baby being born and of the mother.

Every mother who gives birth naturally has her healthy baby with her from the very first moment – first in the delivery room and then on the postnatal ward. We provide the same comfort to mothers after a caesarean section – without separation from the healthy newborn; the father or another companion who is present helps such a mother with the initial care of the baby.

The presence of the father or another companion during a vaginal birth and during a caesarean section is a matter of course.

Other services we provide include courses for pregnant women, a tour of the delivery room and birth plan consultations with a midwife or doctor. The presence of a doula is possible. A birth companion is free of charge. Our midwives offer so-called individual care for pregnant women, in which a midwife chosen by the client takes part in antenatal care and care during childbirth.

During labour, you can use hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, vaginal steaming, mats, positioning pillows, birthing balls and wall bars. We use rebozo techniques, and we have a birthing pool and birthing couch. We support bonding with the newborn.

Our maternity ward has repeatedly been awarded the Natural Birth in Hospital certificate, specifically the Satisfied Mother Certificate, the Certificate for a Welcoming Approach to Mothers and the Certificate for Gentle Medication in Labour Management. We are one of the Perinatology Centres of Intermediate Care (PCIMP).

In 2024 we welcomed 1,147 babies (1,139 births), and in 2023 1,239 babies (1,235 births).

You can find current information and news on our website in the Maternity Ward section and also on the Facebook profile Jihlava Maternity Ward on FB and the maternity ward's Instagram.

Our doctors operate in four different operating theatres. We have the Central Operating Theatres (COS) at our disposal, where we mainly perform laparotomic and laparoscopic procedures, including complex gynaecological oncology procedures. In addition to gynaecological oncology indications, we perform a wide range of procedures for benign diagnoses, laparoscopic procedures, urogynaecological operations, endometriosis surgery, etc. Patients are hospitalised on the gynaecology ward on the 4th floor.

Minor gynaecological procedures are performed as day care (so-called day surgery): the patient arrives in the morning and leaves the same day approximately 4 hours after the procedure. These include procedures such as hysteroscopy, curettage, revision of the uterine cavity and diagnostic (probatory) excision. Conisation of the cervix is mostly performed under local anaesthesia, allowing the patient to leave early. Day-surgery patients report to the procedure suite on the ground floor of the hospital (the entrance is from Vrchlického street, to the right of the main hospital entrance).

Robotic surgical procedures have been performed since 2022 on the latest robotic surgical system, the Da Vinci Xi. These are mainly gynaecological oncology procedures; other common indications are surgery for pelvic endometriosis or uterine fibroids, including myomectomy or hysterectomy. Another type of procedure is suspension surgery for descent or prolapse of the pelvic organs (pectopexy, sacrocolpopexy). Patients are hospitalised on the gynaecology ward on the 4th floor.

An operating theatre adjacent to the delivery room on the 5th floor of the gynaecology building is reserved for emergency or planned caesarean sections.
Admission for the procedure takes place at the delivery room outpatient clinic on the 5th floor.

The individual clinics of the Gyn-Obs department and their office hours.

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