Floating Hospital for Children
| Floating Hospital for Children | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | 755 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°21′12″N 71°10′25″W / 42.353267°N 71.173681°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Nonprofit |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 128 |
| Speciality | Pediatrics |
| History | |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.floatinghospital.org |
Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston pediatric hospital affiliated with and connected to Tufts Medical Center, occupying the space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.
The 128-bed children’s hospital offers pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in every medical and surgical specialty. Floating Hospital for Children is also the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, where all full-time Floating Hospital physicians hold faculty appointments.
Floating Hospital for Children also has affiliations with hospitals in the community, including Lawrence General Hospital,Lowell General Hospital,MetroWest Medical Center, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital. Floating Hospital Specialty Centers in Framingham, Woburn, Chelmsford, Westford and Lawrence provide sub-specialist care for children on an outpatient basis.
Floating Hospital for Children began as a hospital ship sailing the Boston Harbor for the first time in 1894. For a time, the boat was also used for parties on Boston harbor, with the leisure cruise ending at midnight and hospital services opening at 8am. Heralded as a major innovation in pediatric medicine, the mission of the hospital ship was to take ill urban children out onto the harbor to experience the healing qualities of fresh sea air and sunshine. By the end of the first summer, 1,100 children were treated. For 33 years, Floating Hospital for Children was located on two successive vessels helping children and educating mothers about dysentery and other important health issues. Furthermore, two major advancements made on board were the development of a human milk bank to supply breast milk to sick infants, and the creation of the first effective synthetic milk product for infants (infant formula), still sold worldwide today as Similac®. The Floating Hospital claims to be the first with air conditioning in 1906, though the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast claims to be the world's first air-conditioned public building.
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