The University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital (formerly Columbia Regional Hospital) is the only hospital in Missouri exclusively dedicated to the health of women and children. The hospital is home to MU Children's Hospital, MU Women's Center and the Family Birth Center. In Fiscal Year 2009, 1,793 babies were born in the Family Birth Center. The hospital offers the da Vinci minimally invasive surgical robotic system. MU Women's and Children's Hospital is located in eastern Columbia near the interchange of I-70 and US-63S.
Read more about Columbia Regional Hospital: University of Missouri Women's Health Center, History, Change To Women's and Children's Hospital
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