Labour ward

Opening hours and contact information

Visiting address

Tyks Lighthouse Hospital

Savitehtaankatu 5

Turku

B elevators, 3rd floor, to the left

Postal address

PO Box 52

20521 Turku

Maternity care service and helpline

02 313 1000

Office hours

Open 24/7.

All babies born in Southwest Finland are delivered at our department.

We also perform elective caesarean sections, labour inductions and late-pregnancy follow-ups. Our post-delivery recovery room is designed for the entire family: The newborn can be in skin to skin contact with the mother and the entire family can enjoy meeting the newcomer immediately after the caesarean section.

About 4,000 children are born in our department every year.We focus on each family’s individual needs and work in a family-oriented manner. Our way of working follows the WHO's BFHI (baby-friendly hospital initiative) principles. At the Labour ward the mother and child are well taken care of by our midwives. An obstetrician, an anaesthetist and a paediatrician are immediately available if needed.

Maternity emergnecy services are available 24/7.

Training, teaching and guidance

Our ward is located in the university hospital. We take care of high and low-risk deliveries. As a student and a member of a multidisciplinary team you have the opportunity to participate in many deliveries and encounter numerous different situations.

Before your training period

We work in three shifts and we expect that in beginning you plan your shifts in accordance with the shifts of your mentor.

It is our wish that you have passed your theoretical studies related to labour nursing before your start your training period with us.

Please read the information on the following web page before your training: The hospital as a learning surroundings.

What will you learn?

nursing of normal delivery
nursing of abnormal deliveries, e.g., caesarean section, vacuum extraction, breech birth, repair of tears and manual removal of the placenta
neonatal care
nursing of mothers who are discharged soon after delivery and who are not hospitalized

Student contacts

Anna Tunnela, Saara Malinen, Hanna Stenroos and Nea Luostarinen (E-mail addresses have the form firstname.lastname@varha.fi)

All delivery rooms are single rooms. The newborn is cared for in the same room. All delivery rooms have a shower and toilet. There are three tubs in the department. The tubs are located between the delivery rooms so that a tub can be accessed from six delivery rooms.

Caesarean sections are performed in an operating room located in the Labour ward. The spouse or birthing partner may participate in a caesarean delivery.

We share a break room with the pregnancy follow-up ward where the spouse and birthing partner may rest and enjoy some food and drink.

Welcome to Tyks Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

You can explore Lighthouse hospital through a virtual tour
The facilities you visit include: the emergency services during pregnancy and labour, the pregnancy follow-up ward, the labour ward and the ward for families and newborns.

Enjoy the tour

Hospitals

Tyks Lighthouse hospital

In the Lighthouse hospital we have paediatric and adolescent medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics, ear, nose and throat diseases and oral and maxillofacial diseases. You can also find some of the medical imaging functions in the Lighthouse hospital.

Opening hours and contact information

Visiting address

Postal address

Maternity care service and helpline

Office hours

Client fees

For students

Visits

Facilities

Welcome to Tyks Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Hospitals