Blythedale Children's Hospital

Blythedale Children's Hospital is a specialty children's hospital in Valhalla, New York, United States. It is the only independent children's hospital in New York State. The hospital is dedicated to the diagnosis, care and rehabilitation of children with complex medical and rehabilitative needs. The hospital opened a new, 56,000 square-foot inpatient hospital in December 2011. The new inpatient facility accommodates 86 patients[1] in single or double rooms and includes a 46-bed Infant & Toddler and Post Neonatal/Post-Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for medically fragile patients, many of whom require weaning from mechanical ventilation. The new building also includes a 30-bed Pediatric & Adolescent Unit, and a 10-bed Traumatic Brain Injury Unit.[2]

Blythedale Children's Hospital
Geography
LocationValhalla, Westchester County, New York, United States
Coordinates41°4′28″N 73°48′0″W
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Services
Beds86
SpecialityChildren's hospital
History
OpenedYear-round operation in 1913
Present location in 1922
Links
Websitehttp://www.blythedale.org/
ListsHospitals in New York

The hospital also has its own on-site public school district, the Mount Pleasant Blythedale Union Free School District.

Notes

  1. "NYS Health Profile: Blythedale Childrens Hospital". profiles.health.ny.gov.
  2. "Blythedale Children's Hospital". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved May 3, 2020.



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