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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 14, 2004
For Further Information:
Mary-Ellen Shay
Children's Hospital Boston
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Heather Lindquist
Northeast Health System
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Children's Helps Expand Infant Care at Beverly Hospital
New $4.7 Million Special Care Nursery largest on North Shore
Children's Hospital Boston physicians will staff the new Special Care Nursery at Beverly Hospital on the North Shore. The SCN offers specialized care for sick and premature infants born at Beverly Hospital.

The new SCN is a state-of-the-art facility with updated technology and added space aimed at improving patient care as well as making it easier for parents to spend time with their newborns. Designed by the SCN physicians and nurses, the new unit boasts an environment that maximizes accessibility, ergonomics and aesthetics to provide top-notch care to very special patients and their families.

The new unit features a family resource area where parents can research medical information over the Internet; two overnight rooms where parents can get a good night's sleep before returning to their newborns the next morning; and a sibling play area with a large plasma television and video games to help keep the family entertained. The added space, also provides parents with a more private environment for bonding with their infants.

''The new Special Care Nursery at Beverly Hospital was designed specifically to keep the family together during what is a very trying time for all involved,'' says Tai H. Tran, M.D., director of Beverly Hospital's Special Care Nursery and a Children's Hospital neonatolgist. ''While our dedicated nursing staff provides continuous care for these special newborns, we also make sure that the families receive the education and information that they need to be able to care for their newborn once it is time to leave the hospital and return home.''

Given the level of specialized care provided by the SCN at Beverly Hospital, many sick or premature infants can avoid being transferred for treatment. This allows North Shore families to stay with their newborns throughout the treatment process. When newborns do require transfer to Boston for intensive care services, their treatment is coordinated through the collaboration that exists between Beverly Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston for neonatal services.

''Children's Hospital Boston and Beverly Hospital have maintained a long standing relationship resulting in enhanced pediatric care to children on the North Shore through the hospitals' collaboration in neonatal, emergency medicine and pediatric inpatient services,'' says Dr. James Mandell, President and CEO of Children's Hospital Boston. ''With the expansion of Beverly Hospital's SCN, a larger number of North Shore infants can be cared for closer to home. Children's Hospital Boston congratulates Beverly Hospital and its staff on its continued excellence in the area of neonatal and pediatric services.''
Beverly Hospital is a full service, community hospital providing quality, patient-centered care to North Shore and Cape Ann residents. Services include maternity, pediatrics, surgical, cardiology, as well as other specialties. The hospital boasts a medical staff of more than 570 physicians and its service area includes some 16 communities. Children's Hospital Boston physicians provide emergency medicine, pediatric impatient and neonatal services at Beverly Hospital via a relationship that exists between Beverly Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston. In 2003, the Solucient Institute named Beverly Hospital among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for the third consecutive year. Beverly Hospital is an affiliate of Northeast Health System.

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