Children's Hospital of New Orleans
Children's Hospital of New Orleans | |
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LCMC Health System | |
Geography | |
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Coordinates | 29°55′04″N 90°07′40″W / 29.917848°N 90.127879°W |
Organization | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 229 |
Speciality | Children's hospital |
Helipad | FAA LID: LA93 |
History | |
Opened | 1955 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Louisiana |
Children's Hospital of New Orleans (CHNOLA) is a non-profit, pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The hospital has 229 pediatric beds[1] and is affiliated the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.[2] The hospital is a member of LCMC Health and is the only children's hospital in the network. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[3][4] throughout New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. CHNOLA also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.[5][6] CHNOLA also features the largest pediatric emergency department in the region and is the largest provider of pediatric health services in Louisiana.
Children's Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient
History
Children's Hospital is operated as a non-profit organization, run by an independent board of trustees. It was originally opened as a rehabilitation center for physically handicapped children in 1955 under the name Crippled Children's Hospital. The facility was expanded into a full-service hospital and given its current name in 1976.
About
The main hospital is located in the
Children's Hospital and Touro Infirmary merged into one hospital system in 2009. Louisiana Children's Medical Center, the parent of Children's Hospital, became the parent to both.[11] Louisiana Children's Medical Center was later renamed LCMC Health.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Children's Hospital of New Orleans". Children's Hospital Association. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Department of Pediatrics - School of Medicine - LSU Health Sciences Center". www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "New Orleans Emergency Medicine | Children's Hospital New Orleans". Children's Hospital New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Rehabilitation Center | Children's Hospital New Orleans". Children's Hospital New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "List of Topics | Congenital Heart Disease - Cove Point Foundation | Children's Hospital New Orleans". chnola.congenital.org. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Pediatric Cardiologists". Children's Hospital New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ "Escape from New Orleans: A pediatrician's diary - Stanford Medicine Magazine - Stanford University School of Medicine". sm.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Steve Baldwin, Andria Robinson, Pam Barlow, Crayton A. Fargason Jr. "Interstate Transfer of Pediatric Patients During Hurricane Katrina" (PDF). American Academy Of Pediatrics Publications. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-30.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Children's Hospital Faces Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After the Storm - RACmonitor". www.racmonitor.com. 30 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Child Health Corporation of America. New Orleans Update.
- ^ Warner, Coleman (2009-02-03). "Children's, Touro to merge Uptown hospital operations in New Orleans". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ Catalanello, Rebecca (2015-05-29). "LCMC Health will 'rethink' University Medical Center deal without full funding". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.