Tufts Children's Hospital

Tufts Children's Hospital
Geography
Location	755 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°21′00″N 71°03′52″W / 42.349912°N 71.064340°W / 42.349912; -71.064340
Organization
Care system	Nonprofit
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Tufts University School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	128
Speciality	Pediatrics
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	1894
Closed	2022
Links
Website	https://www.tuftschildrenshospital.org/

Tufts Children's Hospital (formerly Floating Hospital for Children) in Boston, Massachusetts was a downtown Boston pediatric hospital owned by Tufts Medical Center,^[1] occupying the space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District,^[2] which closed in summer 2022.

In January 2022, Tufts announced they would be closing their 41-bed pediatric hospital later in 2022 but will keep their NICU open. It closed in June 2022.

The 41-bed children's hospital offered pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in every medical and surgical specialty. Tufts Children's Hospital was also the principal pediatric teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, where all full-time physicians held faculty appointments.

Tufts Children's Hospital was a member of Tufts Medicine and has affiliations with hospitals in the community, including Lawrence General Hospital,^[3] Lowell General Hospital,^[4] MetroWest Medical Center, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital.^[5] Tufts Children's Hospital had Specialty Centers in Woburn, Chelmsford, Westford and Lawrence provided sub-specialist care for children on an outpatient basis. Along with the New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), a 1,600-physician network, who provide care to patients throughout eastern Massachusetts. NEQCA's primary care physicians care for more than 550,000 patients. Some ambulatory sub-specialty centers remained open after the main hospital’s closure.