McMaster Children's Hospital

This article is about McMaster Children's Hospital. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).

McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton Health Sciences
Geography
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°15′32″N79°55′6″W / 43.25889°N 79.91833°W / 43.25889; -79.91833
Organization
Care system	OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
Type	Teaching, Children's hospital, Specialist
Affiliated university	McMaster University
Services
Emergency department	Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center CHYMES (Child and Youth Mental Health Emergency Services) Critical, Acute, and Ambulatory Services Children's Only Helipad- TC LID: CPJ3
Beds	184
History
Opened	1988
Links
Website	mcmasterchildrenshospital.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

McMaster Children's Hospital (MCH), in Hamilton, Ontario, is one of Canada's largest pediatric academic tertiary care teaching hospitals affiliated with McMaster University. It is operated by Hamilton Health Sciences and is within the McMaster University Medical Centre. It became a children's hospital in 1988. The hospital was recently ranked second in Canada for research ^[1]

In 2017, the hospital opened a new clinic for dialysis. ^{[2] [3]}

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with 72 beds, provides specialized care for newborns and infants with certain conditions that benefit from intensive care. ^[4]

References

1. "Canada's Top 40 Hospitals" (PDF). Research Infosource Inc. Research Infosource Inc. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
2. Tipple, Paul (28 July 2017). "Life-saving kidney dialysis clinic opens at McMaster Children's Hospital". Global News. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
3. Downey, Debra (28 July 2017). "Nephrology clinic opens at McMaster Children's Hospital". Ancaster News. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
4. https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/mcmaster-childrens-hospital/areas-of-care/intensive-care/neonatal-intensive-care-unit/, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

External links

• McMaster Children's Hospital Website
• McMaster University Department of Pediatrics
• McMaster Children's Hospital (Foundation)

Gallery

Premature infant in the NICU

Premature infant in an incubator at the Mcmaster Children's Hospital NICU