Maynard Children's Hospital
The James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital is the only children's hospital in eastern North Carolina. The hospital was created in February 1986 when the School of Medicine and the hospitals pediatric services were all consolidated. It sees over 42,000 pediatric patients a year.
Before the Children's Hospital was created, approximately 24 beds were designated for pediatric patients and two beds in the newborn nursery were reserved as neonatal intensive care beds when the new hospital opened in April 1977. On July 1, 1978, a 33-bed neonatal intensive care unit was opened; in February 1985 a new pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) was constructed; in 1986 the Children's Hospital officially opened. A 12-bed PICU was completed in February 1995. The hospital operates under the "hospital within a hospital" concept. The hospital contains a 122 bed. Fifty beds are for the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 16-bed convalescent nursery, and a high-risk obstetrical delivery service. Also, there are 42-beds for a New Born Nursery, 32-beds for Pediatrics, and 12-beds for a PICU. Over 6,500 children under the age of 17 are treated each year.
A program housed in the hospital is Center for Children with Complex and Chronic Conditions (C5). C5 is a joint venture with the hospital and East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine. The program promote optimal health, growth, development, safety, comfort and overall well-being for children with special health care needs. The hospital houses the inpatient, while an outside BSOM facility houses the outpatient functions. The program combines multiple fields of study including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, a respiratory therapist, a social worker and a child life specialist. The teams works with medically weak and machine-dependent children. The program is funded through The Duke Endowment.
In September 2007 it was announced that a new children's hospital would be built. The Children's Hospital is expanding starting in 2010. The three phase project will be a free standing building. It will initially have four floors and will support future growth to six floors. The first phase for the $48.2 million project is expected to be completed in July 2013. It will increase the current Children's Hospital by 78,000 square feet (7,200 m2). The overall theme will be aquatic will waves, bubbles and fishes.
The first floor will include a Ronald McDonald suite for patients families, exam rooms, nine-bed Medical/Day unit for outpatient services and a theater. Also included will be a pediatric radiology department that will house ultrasound imaging, radiology, fluoroscopy and other interventions, pediatric observation unit and a family resource center. The lobby will have testing center, a café, gift shop and breastfeeding support rooms. A play/therapy yard will include swings, basketball court, climbing structures and picnic tables.
The second floor will have a 21 private bed convalescent newborn unit and a six-bed Kids Immunosuppressed Special Unit with a controlled environment for children with cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell disease, kidney disorders and other illnesses that compromise the immune system.
Along with the new addition to the Children's Hospital, Vidant Medical Center is designing a pediatric emergency department. It will be a 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) area near the existing emergency department. It will include 15 general pediatric emergency rooms, a dedicated resuscitation room, lobby area, ambulance entry and staff/support space. The $8 million project is scheduled for completion in April 2012.
On May 17, 2011, East Carolina University alumnus, James Maynard, founder of Golden Corral, and his wife Connie donated $10.5 million to the children's hospital. Nine million will go to the children's hospital itself, while the other $1.5 million will fund a distinguished professorship in the Department of Pediatrics. The new hospital will be named after them.
The hospital is a part of the Children's Miracle network. Dr. Ronald Perkin and Dr. David Rodeberg serve as co-directors.
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