Our Site Disclaimer Children's Hospital of New Mexico , located within University Hospital, provides the most advanced neonatology and pediatric care available in New Mexico. Our care ranges from Ambulatory care outpatient clinics to inpatient units providing the highest level of intensive care hospitalization. Each year Children's Hospital of New Mexico cares for nearly 40,000 children, more than 50 percent of whom live outside of the Albuquerque area. We recognize family strengths and individuality, and by honoring racial, ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic diversity of families, we respect different methods of coping.
Service is provided to infants throughout New Mexico and bordering states as well.
Our goal is supporting you and your infant to return home as soon as possible. The PICU is a highly complex, specialized 12-bed unit for the care of critically ill or injured children. The unit serves as the referral center for the entire state of New Mexico and Northern Arizona. Treatment covers children who are in motor vehicle accidents or suffer serious trauma incidents, those who undergo open heart repairs and other surgeries or children who have a serious medical illness. Their care and treatment demands a combination of technical equipment and skilled staff.