Penn State Health Children's Hospital | |
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Penn State Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 600 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°15′51″N 76°40′25″W / 40.264096°N 76.673541°W |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Children's hospital |
Affiliated university | Penn State University College of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center |
Beds | 134 |
History | |
Construction started | 2009 |
Opened | 2012 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Penn State Health Children's Hospital (PSCH) is a nationally ranked women's and pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The hospital has 134 pediatric beds.[1] PSCH is affiliated with the Penn State College of Medicine and is located at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[2][3] throughout central Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. Penn State Health Children's Hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.[4] PSCH also maintains one of Pennsylvania's four Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centers.[5]
Penn State Health Children's Hospital maintains the region's only Level IV (highest level), state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and Level I (highest level) pediatric trauma center.[6] It is staffed by 200 pediatric medical and surgical specialists.[6]