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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is the only hospital is western Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the care of infants, children and young adults. Care is provided by more than 700 board-certified pediatricians and pediatric specialists. Children’s also provides primary care and specialty care at over 30 locations throughout the Pittsburgh region, as well as clinical specialty services throughout western Pennsylvania at regional health care facilities.[1]

A new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh campus is currently being built. Opening in mid-2009, the 1.5 million square foot hospital will have 302 beds, with a 41 bed emergency department and a 36 bed pediatric intensive care unit.[2] A ten-story research center is all so being constructed, with seven out of the ten floors will be dedicated for pediatric medical research. The complex will be environmentally friendly and "quiet".[3]

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