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Children's Hospital

5000 Hennessy Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70808-4398
225-765-8886

Specialized pediatric care, close to home.

Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital opened its doors in 1945, just in time for the nation's baby boom era. As our community and its need for specialized pediatric care have grown, so have our services. Today, as part of the largest private hospital in Louisiana, The Children’s Hospital at Our Lady of the Lake offers comprehensive pediatric services few facilities in the region can match.

Among the Children’s Hospital's unique offerings are the area's largest Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the area's only pediatric emergency room, both of which assure our young patients life-saving care when they need it… close to home. The following is a brief description of some of our services.

Children's Hospital Staff
While your child is a patient in the Children’s Hospital, you will probably meet a number of professionals on our staff, including nurses, nursing assistants, patient care assistants, Child Life Specialists, laboratory and x-ray technicians, and respiratory therapists to name a few. Specially trained nurses and a variety of pediatric healthcare specialists round out an expert team of medical professionals caring for your child.

Medical Staff
We are proud of our extensive medical staff which includes more than 100 pediatricians and family practice doctors. In addition, we have several doctors that specialize in various pediatric illnesses. These specialists include:

• Pediatric Intensivists (Critical Care)
• Pediatric Cardiologists
• Pediatric Pulmonologist
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Neurologists
• Pediatric Surgeons
• Pediatric Neurosurgeon
• Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologists
• Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist

Child Life Specialists
A hospital can seem like a big and scary place for children. To diminish the fear and anxiety many children feel before, during and after medical procedures, OLOL's child advocates, called Child Life Specialists, meet with children to describe in easy-to-understand terms, what they can expect from their stay at the Children's Hospital. Therapeutic play offers fun and creative ways to alleviate fears and administer some treatments.

 


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