In an effort to improve care for young patients, hospitals and health systems are expanding and renovating their pediatric facilities. Here are six of the largest pediatric expansions in the past month, starting with the most recent.
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- North Shore-LIJ Health System announced the dedication of a new $130 million pavilion at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., scheduled to open April 22.
- The Mankato (Minn.) Clinic is scheduled to begin construction this spring on a new 56,000-square-foot pediatric care facility.
- Lutheran Children's Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., will begin construction on a pediatric emergency department located next to Lutheran Hospital's main emergency department.
- Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., opened the Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric Emergency Department featuring 14 beds and a child life specialist on staff.
- Children's Mercy Hospital held a dedication ceremony for Wichita (Kan.) Specialty Clinics, offering gastroenterology, urology and hemophilia services.
- Phoenix Children's Hospital announced the opening of its Southwest Valley Specialty and Urgent Care Center in Avondale, Ariz.
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