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June, 2003

Neonatology at South Shore Hospital

Because of the special relationship between Children’s Hospital Boston and South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., new mothers and their babies in southeast Massachusetts now have a wide range of care available to them close to home.

“The size, scope and quality of our obstetric and pediatric programs at South Shore Hospital are unique among Massachusetts community hospitals,” says Janet Lloyd, MD, South Shore Hospital’s director of Neonatology. Those programs include a Level-II Special Care Nursery and a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

The Special Care Nursery is one of only four in Massachusetts that can offer continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for babies who require this level of respiratory support. In addition, the nursery is staffed 24 hours a day by neonatologists who hold dual appointments at Children’s and South Shore Hospital. The staff also includes hospitalists, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, and respiratory, physical and occupational therapists essential to the unit’s expert care.

The 10-bed NICU at South Shore, which opens this fall, provides additional respiratory support for newborns who need it, eliminating the need to transfer some babies to Boston. Those infants who do require mechanical ventilation or other advanced services can be smoothly transferred to the Level-III NICU at Children’s. Often, once these patients have been stabilized they can be re-admitted to South Shore’s Special Care Nursery for convalescent care prior to going home.

Other Pediatric Services Available at South Shore:

    Pediatric emergency services

    Pediatric inpatient coverage

    Outpatient pediatric specialty services

    • Adolescent Medicine (781) 331-4715
    • Cardiology (617) 355-HART
    • Endocrinology (781) 331-4715
    • Gastroenterology/Nutrition (781) 331-4715
    • Genetics (781) 331-4715
    • Neurology (781) 331-4715
    • Otolaryngology (781) 331-4715
    • Pulmonary Medicine (617) 355-7881
    • Surgery (617) 355-7800
    • Urology (617) 355-7796


For more information or a tour of the Special Care Nursery,
call (781) 340-8373.

Related links:

Children's Hospital Physicians at South Shore

South Shore Hospital