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Baton Rouge has its own children's hospital; in fact, we are the second-largest pediatric facility in Louisiana.
We are an 87-bed "hospital within a hospital" located inside Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, designated as a children's hospital in 2004.
We have the most local pediatric patient beds and the largest local pediatric intensive care unit, with 14 beds.
We operate the region's only 24/7 pediatric emergency department.
We treat children statewide and beyond. We touched the lives of nearly 70,000 Louisiana children in 2008.
We have nine Child Life Specialists trained to help children understand their diagnosis, prepare them for procedures and talk to them in terms they can understand. We are the only hospital in the area with Child Life Specialists.
We are the Children's Miracle Network Hospital for Greater Baton Rouge, affiliated with over 160 CMN hospitals worldwide.
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We are proud of our extensive medical staff which includes more than 100 pediatricians and family practice doctors. In addition, we have several doctors that specialize in various pediatric illnesses. Our doctors are specially trained in:
Types of Pediatric Specialists include
- Intensivists (Critical Care)
- Cardiologists
- Pulmonologist
- Emergency Medicine
- Neurologists
- Surgeons
- Neurosurgeon
- Hematologist/Oncologists
- Infectious Disease Specialist
- Gastroenterologist
- Nephrologist
We treat all children in need, regardless of ability to pay. Nearly 70 percent of our patients are uninsured, underinsured and/or on Medicaid.
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