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MILWAUKEE (7/3/2009) - With approval from The State of Wisconsin – Department of Health Services, the official number of licensed beds at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has increased from 236 to 296. The new total includes 72 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit beds (up 42; 24 are designated Cardiac Intensive Care Unit beds), 43 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit beds (up two due to a reconfiguration of multiple-births rooms), 24 Hematology/Oncology/Transplant beds and 157 general acute care beds.
With this change, Children's Hospital moved from 32nd to 15th in bed size among hospitals that are members of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.
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