The paper reflects the main stages of creation and development of the maternity home and perinatal centre of the Odessa Regional Clinical Hospital. There was shown close professional and creative cooperation of the department of obstetrics and gynecology № 1 (the head of the department — academician of Academy of Health Ministry of Ukraine V. N. Zaporozhan) and department of hospital pediatrics and neonatology (the head of the department — a fellow of the Academy of Health Ministry of Ukraine N. L. Aryayev) with the staff of the regional perinatal centre. Results of scientific introduction into practice are given in the paper.
