McMaster Children's Hospital
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| McMaster Children's Hospital | |
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| Location | |
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| Place | Hamilton, Ontario, (Canada) |
| Organization | |
| Care System | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Hospital Type | Teaching, Specialist |
| Affiliated University | McMaster University |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes |
| Beds | 117 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in Canada |
McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) is an academic tertiary care teaching hospital affiliated with McMaster University. The hospital has 117 acute care beds, including 57 in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Level II Nurseries, and 8 in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The services and specialties available at MCH range from pediatric inpatient services (medicine, surgery and all subspecialties), pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, pediatric oncology, outpatient specialty clinics, emergency services specializing in the care of children, nutrition, metabolism and exercise program, developmental pediatrics & rehabilitation, integrated child & adolescent mental health and a comprehensive and collaborative child health research institute. MCH also specializes in services for children with developmental, physical, communicative, behavioural and emotional problems. Treatment for these problems is also provided in community-based settings and in clients’ homes.
The hospital has three main campuses located at McMaster University Medical Centre, Chedoke and at 123 King Street West in Hamilton and is a key support to Local Health Integrated Networks (LHINs) 3 and 4 and partners with other pediatric academic health science centers in Ontario.
McMaster Children’s Hospital is also a member of the Hamilton Health Sciences system of hospitals, which also includes the Hamilton General Hospital, Henderson Hospital, McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC), the Chedoke Hospital and the Juravinski Cancer Centre.
McMaster Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) led by McMaster Children’s Hospital and McMaster University’s Department of Pediatrics is a collaboration of many research partners including CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, the Offord Centre of Child Studies, and multiple departments from McMaster University ranging from many representatives from faculties such as Health Sciences, Science, Social Science and the Humanities. The institute will study children as they grow to determine how childhood affects health for a lifetime.
