Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD), located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, is the only freestanding children's hospital in Virginia.[1] The hospital treats infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[2][3][4] and even some adults who require pediatric care.[5][6]

This article is about Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
CHKD
Geography
Location601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Coordinates36°51′44.2″N 76°18′07.3″W
Organization
Affiliated universityEastern Virginia Medical School
Services
Beds206
History
Opened1961
Links
WebsiteCHKD website
ListsHospitals in Virginia

CHKD is a 206-bed hospital and serves the medical and surgical needs of children throughout the greater Hampton Roads metro area, the Eastern Shore of Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. It is also part of CHKD Health System, offering a network of comprehensive pediatric services in more than 40 locations that stretch from Williamsburg, VA, to Elizabeth City, NC.

On the outpatient side, CHKD offers primary care, diagnostic services, urgent care, emergency care, rehabilitative therapies, day surgery and care in more than 20 pediatric subspecialties.

History

In 1896, a group of community-spirited women formed the Norfolk City Union of The King's Daughters to provide medical care for indigent mothers and their children. They established a free clinic and visiting nurse service and in 1961 built The King's Daughters' Children's Hospital, with 88 beds and a variety of services. In 1979, the name was changed to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters.

In the 1980s, CHKD surgeon Donald Nuss developed a procedure to correct pectus excavatum, and CHKD remains a leading center for the Nuss procedure.[7]

The CHKD hospital campus sits in southwest Norfolk, adjacent to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Eastern Virginia Medical School. CHKD serves as the main pediatric training location for EVMS students, and along with EVMS, sponsors an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency training program.

Today, the CHKD Health System operates primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices, urgent care centers,[8] multi-service Health Centers and satellite offices throughout its service region. It also hosts the only donor human milk bank in Virginia.[9]

In 2017 UVA Children's Hospital partnered with Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters to improve care for children throughout the region.[10][11]

In 2018, CHKD earned a full Level I Pediatric Trauma Center status. "CHKD earned provisional status as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in September of 2017. In July 2018, a multidisciplinary Health Department team conducted a follow-up site visit to verify the hospital’s adherence to Virginia trauma center standards. During the provisional period, CHKD’s trauma team cared for almost 600 trauma patients. The follow-up site visit resulted in unanimous recommendation for approval from all reviewers."[12]

In response to community assessment surveys that showed mental health services for children to be a top priority, the hospital began a multimillion-dollar initiative to expand mental health services for children. In 2019, the hospital system broke ground for a $224 million mental health facility that will have 60 inpatient beds, indoor and outdoor exercise areas, and rooms for outpatient services and a “partial hospitalization” program. The 14-story center will be on the same campus as the main hospital at 601 Children's Lane in Norfolk.[13]

  • Front entrance
  • Side view from EVMS campus

References
  1. "News and Media Releases - CHKD". www.chkd.org.
  2. "CHKD Health System | About Us | Pediatric Health & Medicine". www.chkd.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  3. "Adolescent Medicine | Preteen, Teen and Young Adult Care | CHKD". www.chkd.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  4. "Pediatric Surgery | Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters". www.chkd.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  5. "CHKD surgery gives man the gift of deep breaths | Health & Medicine | pilotonline.com". 2018-02-24. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  6. "Pediatric Cardiology | Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters". www.chkd.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  7. Elizabeth Simpson (April 5, 2015). "CHKD surgery gives man the gift of deep breaths". pilotonline.com.
  8. https://www.pilotonline.com/news/health/article_b23629a4-fa5c-5ee8-8136-34bcd82a0b58.html
  9. "Human Milk Bank of North America".
  10. Canty, Michele (9 October 2017). "UVA and Children's Hospital establish care network for children". dailypress.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  11. Simpson, Elizabeth (10 October 2017). "Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters forms alliance with U.Va. pediatricians". pilotonline.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  12. "News and Media Releases | CHKD". www.chkd.org. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  13. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/17/1917066/0/en/Children-s-Hospital-Launches-Bold-Initiative-to-Address-Mental-Health-Crisis.html
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