Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
| Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, United States |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Non-Profit Children's |
| Affiliated university | Vanderbilt University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center |
| Beds | 267 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Tennessee |
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, also known as Vanderbilt Children's Hospital (VCH), is a non-profit children's hospital affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The hospital was ranked among the best children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital opened on February 8, 2004. Receiving over 375,000 pediatric cases per year, with 15,000 inpatients and 357,000+ treated in the emergency and outpatient departments, the not-for-profit hospital provides pediatric health care regardless of ability to pay.
VCH is equipped with 267 licensed beds devoted to acute care, pediatric critical care, and neonatal intensive care.
More than 48,626 patients visited the hospital in fiscal year 2015, and more than 269,449 patients were cared for in outpatient clinics. Although the majority of patients were from Davidson County, more than 10% of patients seen were from outside of Tennessee.
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital began in 1923, with the establishment of the Junior League Home for Crippled Children. The Children's Regional Medical Center within Vanderbilt University Medical Center was founded in 1971.
In the fall of 1971, Frances Keltner Hardcastle led a group of dedicated women and community leaders of the Junior League of Nashville, who had created and sustained the Junior League Home for Crippled Children, to form the Friends of the Children’s Hospital (established in 1972) to support the Children's Regional Medical Center and to raise funding and public awareness for a fully distinct Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
In 1980, construction on the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital facility was completed, and the patients from both the Children’s Hospital and the Junior League Home for Crippled Children moved into a single medical facility dedicated to children’s medicine.
During the 1980s and '90s, the Friends of the Children’s Hospital continued community outreach and development efforts to support the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University. Monroe J. Carell, Jr., former CEO of Central Parking Corporation, lead in the raising of $79 million in funds for the construction of a new stand-alone facility, including $20 million from his family's personal donations.
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