REGINA MARIA Maternity moved to Ponderas Academic Hospital, becoming Maternity and Fetal and Neonatal Surgery Center
The REGINA MARIA health network announces the relocation of the REGINA MARIA Maternity Hospital Bucharest in the Ponderas Academic Hospital. The decision comes in response to the growing need to provide complex medical care for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric cases that require full multidisciplinary hospital infrastructure. The new entity operates under the name of Maternity and Fetal and Neonatal Surgery Centerstrengthening the expertise of the team coordinated by Dr. Hadi Rahimian.
Dr. Hadi Rahimian
The REGINA MARIA health network announces the relocation of the REGINA MARIA Maternity Hospital Bucharest in the Ponderas Academic Hospital. The decision comes in response to the growing need to provide complex medical care for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric cases that require full multidisciplinary hospital infrastructure. The new entity operates under the name of Maternity and Fetal and Neonatal Surgery Centerstrengthening the expertise of the team coordinated by Dr. Hadi Rahimian.
“Every day we see pregnant women who need more than a safe delivery. They need a complex medical team working together – obstetrician, surgeon, cardiologist, neonatologist, anesthesiologist. Every other day we have a case that requires such a multidisciplinary team. The relocation of the Maternity Hospital in Ponderas gives us the opportunity to manage all these situations in an environment fully prepared for emergencies and complications”, he explains
Dr. Hadi Rahimian.
Thus, the team of obstetrics-gynecology and neonatology doctors brings to Ponderas solid expertise and the highest international standards in mother and child care. Integrated in multidisciplinary teams, this initiative supports the accelerated growth strategy of the hospital, which in recent years has expanded its portfolio by adding new specialties such as neurology and cardiovascular surgery. The new Maternity and Fetal and Neonatal Surgery Center are operational from the end of 2025, completing the range of medical services offered to patients.
From medical firsts to a new level of expertise
The team of super-specialized doctors in maternal-fetal surgery led by Dr. Hadi Rahimian is recognized for carrying out some unique interventions in Romania, such as the first fetal myelomeningocele operation, the intrauterine treatment of bilateral fetal hydrothorax or the emergency intervention for a pregnant woman diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 14th week of pregnancy.
“Such cases are impossible to manage without a complex infrastructure, without access to modern technologies and without medical teams that communicate effectively. That is precisely why this relocation means, in fact, a natural evolution of our expertise – we are taking maternal-fetal surgery to the next level,” adds Dr. Rahimian.
A place where top medicine means daily collaboration
In the new space, medical teams from all specialties work together, day in and day out, to provide patients with comprehensive care, regardless of the complexity of the case. “Every morning at Ponderas, there is a multidisciplinary on-call report, where specialists from all fields discuss complex cases. This permanent collaboration allows quick decisions to be made and provides maximum safety for our patients,” explains Prof. Dr. Cătălin Copăescu, medical director of Ponderas Academic Hospital.
The neonatology ward is ready to save the smallest and most fragile patients
The new one neonatology ward of Ponderas Hospital can handle including cases of extreme prematurityoffering specialized care to babies born right from 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The team of neonatologists, made up of doctors with extensive experience in caring for critical newborns, benefits from state-of-the-art medical equipment: ventilators for neonatal respiratory support, high-performance incubators, multi-parameter monitors and complete neonatal intensive care infrastructure.
“These babies come into the world earlier than they should, some weighing less than 600 grams. Every minute counts. Every medical decision is vital. In the new ward we can give these babies a real chance to live and grow up healthy,” he emphasizes Dr. Hadi Rahimian.
Complete infrastructure, designed for the safety of the mother and the newborn
With the move of the maternity ward and the Fetal and Neonatal Surgery Center to Ponderas Academic Hospital, it increases its capacity, reaching 393 beds of continuous and day hospitalization and 38 intensive care beds for adults, children and neonatal intensive care, 14 operating rooms and 2 natural birth rooms. We ensure the continuity of medical activity through 3 guard roomsadults, children and pregnant women, 24/7, as well as 25 emergency lines, incl imaging and lab.
Dr. Alina Ambrozie, executive director of Ponderas Academic Hospital
“This development comes as a natural step in the evolution of Ponderas Academic Hospital and completes the range of complex and integrated services, through multidisciplinarity and emergency, offered to patients who address the Queen Mary Health Network. Complications in pregnancy can arise at any time and can turn the joy of motherhood into a fight for life. These delicate cases need fully equipped hospitals and multidisciplinary teams of doctors who act quickly and coordinated, to save two lives at the same time – the one of the mother and that of the child”, he emphasizes Dr. Alina Ambrozie, executive director of Ponderas Academic Hospital.
Ponderas Academic Hospital is where safety, technology and medical expertise come together to provide comprehensive care, regardless of the complexity of each case, thus becoming a landmark for the care of high-risk pregnancies in Romania – a place where technology, experience and medical empathy come together to bring the most fragile beginnings of life safely into the world.
The REGINA MARIA private health network is a landmark of medical excellence in Romania. Through the 22 international accreditations obtained so far, REGINA MARIA imposes itself as leader in the quality of medical services and confirms its permanent commitment to the safety of the medical act. With national coverage, REGINA MARIA takes care of the health of more than 7.4 million patients in all the cities of the country, building a network around the principle of One Health – health integrated into a complete medical ecosystem for people and communities.
