St. Vincent Evansville And Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Extension Is Now A Reality

Hospital officials announced that “St. Vincent Evansville and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent have collaborated for years to care for the Tri-State’s youth.”  “Providers from both facilities have worked together closely to share best practices among care teams to ensure patients receive the best pediatric care across Indiana.”  “Expanding the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital brand to Evansville will continue to showcase this relationship”.

Peyton Manning said, “The pediatricians and staff should be commended for their commitment to quality, innovation and successful outcomes in pediatric care.”  “I am so proud of the care teams at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent for their ongoing dedication and for providing exceptional care for children throughout the state and beyond. Indiana has and always will have a special place in my heart, and I am excited about the extension of the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital brand, and pediatric services and offerings in Evansville.”

Hospital officials also added that “starting today the Evansville community will notice the outpatient and inpatient pediatric facilities and services in Evansville and the surrounding areas will bear the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital logo.”  “St. Vincent Evansville and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital will share processes, policies, and protocols to further enhance the quality of pediatric care across the state. St. Vincent Evansville will continue to provide patients in southwest Indiana with the very best pediatric care locally while enhancing ease of access to much needed pediatric specialty care”.

Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital President Dr. Hossain M. Marandi added that “When parents bring their kids to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, they are entrusting us with the care of their loved ones so they should expect the best of everything — the best doctors, the best nurses, the absolute best.”  “We are privileged to serve as the pediatric choice for Evansville and are excited about further expanding our specialized services to the community so that children can have greater access to excellent care, closer to home.” He also added that today “the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital will open its second emergency room on the campus of St. Vincent Evansville in a separate area, adjacent to the hospital’s existing emergency room.”  “The new space will offer specialized pediatric emergency care closer to home for the residents of the Tri-State.”

Dan Parod, President of the Southern Region for St. Vincent Evansville stated “As the area’s only hospital verified as a Level II trauma center for both adult and pediatrics, St. Vincent Evansville has a long history of providing patients of all ages with the very best emergency care. With the opening of the new Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Emergency Room, we are providing even more specialized services and space for our youngest patients.”

In the prepared press release, it was pointed out that the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Emergency Room for Children in Evansville will be staffed by nurse practitioners specially-trained in pediatrics, along with board-certified emergency medicine physicians. The team is well prepared to care for children with acute, chronic and complex illnesses. Children treated in the new emergency room will have access to follow-up care by the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital network of board-certified pediatric subspecialists who can treat some of the more acute and complex conditions and pediatricians who provide primary care for routine health and wellness.  The newly designed space includes seven private treatment rooms and specialized equipment for the fast delivery of comprehensive emergency care. To reduce anxiety and minimize wait times, X-rays and results from lab tests will be offered to parents inside the emergency room.

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About Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent-Evansville

Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital (PMCH) is a full service, dedicated children’s medical center, providing the highest quality, family-centered care to children and adolescents in the state of Indiana and beyond. PMCH has more than 160 licensed beds, which include a 23-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 17-bed Pediatric Emergency Department and a 97-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – the largest Level IV NICU in Indiana, providing the highest level of acute care, as established by the American Academy of Pediatrics. PMCH treats patients from all over the state, providing safe and streamlined critical care transport by ambulance and air. The hospital offers 24-hour on-site coverage by pediatric hospitalists, intensivists, neonatologists, and board-certified emergency physicians. PMCH is staffed by more than 100 experienced pediatric sub-specialists along with pediatric nurses, social workers, child life specialists, chaplains, and other health professionals with a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to family-focused care. PMCH is part of Ascension, one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the United States.

Information used in this article was provided to us in a press release sent to us yesterday by Ascension St. Vincent-Evansville media relation department.