This is a list of children's hospitals, hospitals that specialize in pediatrics.
A children's hospital is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to children and adolescents. Most children's hospitals can serve people from birth up to the age of 21. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties.
Children's hospitals are characterized by greater attention to the psychosocial support of children and their families. Some children and young people have to spend relatively long periods in the hospital, so having access to play and teaching staff can also be an important part of their care. With local partnerships, this can include trips to local botanical gardens, the zoo, and public libraries, for instance.
In addition to psychosocial support, children's hospitals have the added benefit of being staffed by professionals who are trained in treating children. A medical doctor that undertakes vocational training in pediatrics must also be accepted for membership by a professional college before they can practice pediatrics. While many normal hospitals can treat children adequately, pediatric specialists may be a better choice when it comes to treating rare afflictions that may prove fatal or severely detrimental to young children, in some cases before birth. Also, many children's hospitals will continue to see children with rare illnesses into adulthood, allowing for a continuity of care.
International Shriners Hospitals for Children, North America
Argentina
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Garrahan Pediatric Hospital Hospital de Niños R. Gutierrez Hospital Pedro de Elizalde ex Casa Cuna
Cordoba Children's Hospital of the Holy Trinity Pediatric Hospital of the Child Jesus
Tucuman Hospital del Niño Jesus
Australia
Australian Capital Territory Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra
New South Wales John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Queensland Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane Mater Childrens Hospital (former children's hospital in Brisbane) Royal Children's Hospital, Herston (former children's hospital in Brisbane) The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane (Combined Adult/Children's Hospital)
South Australia Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Victoria Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville
Western Australia Perth Children's Hospital
Austria Anna-Kinderspital, former children's hospital in Graz Gottfried von Preyer’sches Kinderspital, Vienna Karolinen-Kinderspital, former children's hospital in Vienna Kinderklinik Glanzing, Vienna, integrated into Wilhelminenspital Kindersanatorium Sonnegg, Hirschegg (Vorarlberg) Landes-Kinderkrankenhaus, Linz Leopoldstädter Kinderspital, former children's hospital in Vienna Mautner Markhof’sches Kinderspital, former children's hospital in Vienna St. Anna Kinderspital, Vienna Sankt-Josef-Kinderspital, former children's hospital in Vienna
Belgium
Bangladesh Aurobindo Childrens Hospital, Bangladesh
Chittagong Chittagong Maa-Shishu O General Hospital, Agrabad, Chittagong
Dhaka Dhaka Shishu Hospital
Brazil
São Paulo HIS - Hospital Infantil Sabará
Curitiba HPP - Hospital Pequeno Príncipe
Fortaleza HIAS - Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin
Recife IMIP - Instituto Materno-Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira
Porto Alegre
Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio
Canada
Alberta Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton
British Columbia British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver
Manitoba The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, Winnipeg
Newfoundland and Labrador Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. John's
Nova Scotia IWK Health Centre, Halifax
Ontario Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton
Quebec Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal Centre mère-enfant du centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec City Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada, Montreal (orthopedics)
Saskatchewan Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, Saskatoon
Chile Hospital Exequiel Gonzalez Cortes, Santiago Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Santiago Hospital Roberto del Río, Santiago
China
Beijing Beijing New Century International Hospital for Children (private) Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics Shanghai Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
Shanghai Children's Hospital of Fudan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, China Welfare Institute Shanghai Children's Hospital Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Colombia Fundación Hospital de la Misericordia Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja Fundación Clínica Infantil Club Noel Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José
Croatia Children's hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb Clinic for child diseases Zagreb, Zagreb
Finland Childrens Castle, Helsinki Eye and Ear hospital, Helsinki Helsinki Children's Hospital, Helsinki Jorvi Hospital, Espoo Kätilöopisto Maternity Hospital, Helsinki Women's clinic, Helsinki
France Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Paris Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris Hôpital Femme Mères Enfants de Bron, Lyon La Timone-Enfants, Marseille Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres, Lille Hôpital d'Enfants de Brabois, Nancy Hôpital d'Enfants de Hautepierre, Strasbourg Hôpital Enfants-Adolescent, Nantes :Centre hospitalier universitaire Clocheville, Tours
Germany
Hong Kong The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay Hong Kong Children's Hospital
Defunct Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, 17 Barker Road, The Peak (1897–1947)
Hungary
Bethesda Children's Hospital, Budapest Buda's Children's Hospital of St. John Hospital, Budapest Debrecen Medicine University - Pediatrics Clinic, Debrecen Heim Pál Children's Hospital, Budapest Madarász Street Children's Hospital of Heim Pál Children's Hospital, Budapest Pécs Medicine University - Pediatrics Clinic, Pécs Semmelweis University - 1st Pediatrics Clinic, Budapest Semmelweis University - 2nd Pediatrics Clinic, Budapest Szeged Medicine University - Pediatrics Clinic, Szeged Vadaskert Children's Psychiatric Specialist Hospital, Budapest Velkey László Children's Health Center of Borsod - Abaúj- Zemplén County Hospital, Miskolc
India Surya Hospital, Mumbai
Ireland Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin Tallaght Children's Hospital, Tallaght Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Dublin National Children's Hospital, Dublin
Israel Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital and the Edmond J. Safra International Congenital Heart Center, Tel Hashomer Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus Haifa Saban Children's Center, Soroka Hospital Be'er Sheva Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, Jerusalem
Italy Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome Burlo Garofolo Pediatric Institute, Trieste Dipartimento di Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova - Università di Padova G. Di Cristina Children Hospital, Palermo Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Ospedale Regina Margherita, Turin Triacorda children's hospital, department of pediatrics at Salento University, Lecce Jamaica Bustamante Hospital for Children
Japan Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai Ibaraki Children's Hospital, Mito, Ibaraki Jichhi Children's Medical Center, Tochigi Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama Shizuoka Children' Hospital, Shizuoka Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Obu, Aichi Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka Hyogo Children's Hospital, Kobe Fukuoka Children' Hospital, Fukuoka
Kenya Gertrude's Children's Hospital Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital, Eldoret
Lebanon Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, Rue Clémenceau, Beirut
Malaysia UKM Specialist Children’s Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
The Netherlands Beatrix Kinderziekenhuis, Groningen Emma Kinderziekenhuis, Amsterdam Juliana Kinderziekenhuis, The Hague Kinderziekenhuis Sint Radboud, Nijmegen Erasmus MC Sophia, Rotterdam Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht Prinses Maxima Centrum, Utrecht
New Zealand Kidz First Children's Hospital, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland Starship Hospital, Grafton Auckland
Mexico Hospital Infantil de México Instituto Nacional de Pediatría Other children's hospitals in Mexico City, that belong to the Federal District Health Secretariat: Hospital Materno Pediatrico Xochimilco Hospital Pediatrico Azcapotzalco Hospital Pediatrico Iztacalco Hospital Pediatrico Iztapalpa Hospital Pediatrico La Villa Hospital Pediatrico Legaria Hospital Pediatrico Moctezuma Hospital Pediatrico San Juan De Aragon Hospital Pediatrico Villa
Pakistan
Faisalabad Faisalabad Institute of Child Care
Islamabad IHS Children's Medical Center
Lahore The Children's Hospital, Lahore
Peshawar Khyber Children Hospital, Danishabad
Philippines National Children's Hospital, Quezon City Philippine Children's Medical Center, Quezon City
Portugal CHULC - Hospital Dona Estefânia, Lisbon CHUC - Hospital Pediátrico, Coimbra CHUP - Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Porto
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Children's Hospital, Durban Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, Gauteng
Spain
Barcelona Hospital Sant Joan de Deu Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall Hebron
Madrid Hospital Infantil La Paz (part of General Hospital La Paz) Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús Hospital Materno-Infantil 12 de Octubre (part of University Hospital 12 de Octubre de Madrid) Hospital Materno-Infantil Gregorio Marañon (part of General Hospital Gregorio Marañón)
Sri Lanka Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children Hospital, Peradeniya
Sweden Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital (Astrid Lindgrens Barnsjukhus, Solna Huddinge Children's Hospital (Huddinge Barnsjukhus), Huddinge Queen Silvia Children's Hospital (Drottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhus), Gothenburg Sachsska Children's Hospital (Sachsska Barnsjukhuset), Stockholm Skåne University Hospital's Pediatric Care Hospital (Barn- och ungdomssjukhuset, BUS) Lund Uppsala University Children's Hospital (Akademiska barnsjukhuset), Uppsala
Switzerland Kinderspital Wildermeth, Biel/Bienne Kinderspital Zürich, Zürich-Hottingen Ostschweizer Kinderspital, St. Gallen University Children’s Hospital Basel, Basel
Taiwan Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taipei National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei
United Arab Emirates Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai
United Kingdom
England
Northern Ireland Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
Scotland Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Wales Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff
United States
Vietnam
Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics
See also Children's Hospital (disambiguation)
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