Founded in 1879, St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH) is the oldest pediatric hospital west of the Mississippi River and the seventh oldest in the nation. SLCH serves the healthcare needs of children from infancy to adolescence and advocates on behalf of children and families.
Quick facts about SLCH:

• Each year, more than 225,000 children are treated at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
• SLCH has 235 licensed beds including a 52-bed neonatal intensive care unit and a 30-bed pediatric intensive care unit. SLCH offers more than 30 sub-specialty departments and divisions, and is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, the highest level of emergency care available.
• SLCH is a world leader in pediatric heart and lung transplants. Having done more than 252 lung transplants, SLCH is the most active pediatric lung transplant program in the country. The hospital also has active programs in transplant for heart, liver, kidney, lung, small intestine and bone marrow. It is one of the top three pediatric transplant centers in the country.
• Many of the hospital's 700 physicians share their vast experience as professors at the world-renowned Washington University School of Medicine, one of the top medical schools in the United States.
• The hospital's bone marrow transplant unit is one of a select few nationwide to be certified to perform transplants from unrelated donors.
• Both US News & World Report and Child Magazine have recognized SLCH as one of the best children's hospitals in the nation.

St. Louis Children's Hospital used its 2007 CMN funding for the programs and services of the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units (PICU and NICU).
The PICU at St. Louis Children's Hospital is known worldwide for the care they provide to critically ill children. This newly renovated area includes 30 beds with predominantly private rooms for each patient. The PICU is staffed with a specially trained healthcare team who utilizes state-of-art technology to deliver care to children and their families.
The NICU, which admits about 700 babies each year, is a 52- bed unit consisting of intensive care beds, transitional care beds, and two family participation rooms where parents can stay and learn to take care of their baby before they go home.
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