At the MCHV Campus, the Children's Health Care Service has a 30-bed General Pediatrics Unit for the care of infants children and adolescents. Our 20-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides care for sick newborns and premature babies. Our staff also help the family learn how to meet the special needs of the newborn child. The Children's Health Care Service of Fletcher Allen Health Care helps bring nearly 2,500 babies into the world every year. Each birth is considered a unique and special event, deserving of individual attention and flexibility.
Family members are welcome to share in the birthing experience.
Specialty Services at Fletcher Allen Health Care Fletcher Allen Health Care is an integrated health care delivery system that unites the former entities of the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Fanny Allen Hospital and University Health Center in alliance with the University of Vermont. As part of Fletcher Allen Health Care, the Children's Health Care Service has an extensive range of specialty physicians and allied health professionals. Pediatric specialty services include cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology, hematology and cancer, gastroenterology and nutrition, genetics, immunology, infectious disease, neurology, kidney disease, rheumatology, dermatology and others. Comprehensive pediatric surgical services include neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, maxillofacial and thoracic surgery, transplantation and urology. We can most often coordinate appointments so patients can be seen by more than one specialist on the same day, if necessary, and arrange surgical pre-operative evaluation at a single visit.