Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center is the only children's hospital located in South Central Pennsylvania and maintains the region's only Level I (highest level), state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital received the highest rating for its care to medical, surgical, and trauma patients by the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Evaluations. This ranks the PICU among the top in the United States. The hospital is a leader in several specialties including neonatal care, pediatric oncology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery, and pediatric trauma. The Children's Hospital houses 131 beds and treats more than 125,000 patients annually.
- Construction is underway on the new 252,000-square-foot (23,400 m2) Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The 5-story building with an additional floor below ground is adjacent to the Medical Center’s main entrance. The facility will include surgical suites, private pediatric and adolescent patient rooms, outpatient clinics for children with cancer, and a new pediatric radiology unit. A live webcam of the new Penn State Children's Hospital can be seen at http://pennstatehershey.org/web/construction/webcam
- It is the region’s only children’s hospital and only Level 1 pediatric trauma center. The Children’s Hospital also performs the region’s only bone marrow stem cell and kidney transplants for pediatric patients.
- The Children’s Hospital consists of more than 150 pediatric medical and surgical specialists renowned in disciplines such as cancer, cardiology, and critical care.
- The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only fully equipped and staffed academic level IIIC (highest level possible) NICU between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
- The Children’s Hospital was selected as one of Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence TM Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery facilities.
Statistics FY ‘10
- Pediatric beds (total) - 131
- Pediatric medical/surgical beds - 41
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit beds - 12
- Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit beds - 16
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit beds - 36
- Rehabilitation beds - 10
- Child psychiatry beds - 16
- Children’s Hospital discharges - 6,000
- Births - 1,700
- Pediatric outpatient visits - 307,281
In 2008 and 2011, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital was listed in U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Children's Hospitals.
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