Ranked 18th in the nation, the Division of Neonatology at Children's Memorial Hospital is a nationally recognized leader in the treatment of critically ill newborn infants. The hospital's 42-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is designated by the state of Illinois as a Level III nursery, which means we can provide infants with the type of highly specialized care unavailable at many other area hospitals. In fact, the staff members have treated almost three times more children with life-threatening conditions than any other regional hospital.
Our NICU cares for patients that other hospitals are unable to treat
Nearly 500 critically ill newborn infants are admitted each year to the unit, many of them from other nurseries that also carry the same Level III designation. In fact, nearly half of all NICU transports to Children's Memorial are from other Level III nurseries.
The infants are transferred to the Children's Memorial NICU because our physicians and facilities allow us to provide every possible therapeutic option.
(This Virtual Tour takes you into the one of the rooms within the unit.)