CCMC is many things to many people. We provide all kinds of care to children of all ages. Take a look at some of the ways we serve the kids who need us, and learn more about us by clicking on the links.
We're a teaching hospital.
CCMC is a teaching hospital, and home of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and its residency program in pediatrics.
We're a doctor's office.
As the Primary Care Center for the Hartford region, CCMC serves as "the doctor's office" for nearly 15,000 children. It is the largest pediatric primary care service for children between Boston and New York. Pediatricians provide primary care services such as well-child checkups and immunizations, and care for minor illnesses.
We're an emergency room.
The Emergency Department is staffed by physicians and nurses certified in pediatric emergency medicine, and serves approximately 30,000 patients annually.
We're a surgical unit.
More than 5,000 patients are admitted to medical/surgical units and nearly 6,000 surgeries are performed annually.
We're an intensive care unit.
The pediatric intensive care unit serves children with traumatic injuries, life-threatening illness and children recovering from major surgery.
We're a neonatal intensive care unit.
The neonatal intensive care unit cares for about 500 critically ill or premature newborn babies a year; some children who weigh one pound at birth.
