El Paso Children\u2019s Hospital is marking a major milestone Friday as it celebrates the redesignation of its Laura and Pat Gordon Family Advanced Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, described as the region\u2019s most advanced and specialized NICU.<\/p>\n
The redesignation, awarded by the Texas Department of State Health Services, is the highest and most advanced recognition a hospital can receive. <\/p>\n
Hospital officials said the Level 4 NICU offers more services than any other department of its kind in El Paso and across a 350-mile radius.<\/p>\n
“Being a level 4 facility really enables us to keep our children right here at home, and that is extremely important because when families have to leave our community for care, that is a hardship on them. They have to literally pick up and go somewhere else for that level of care. Now our hospital has continued to keep those patients right here getting that highest level of care, and the outcome has been wonderful for our babies,” said Cindy Stout, the CEo of the El Paso Children’s Hospital. <\/p>\n
“Level 4 designation means a lot. It means that we provide special care to our smallest patients. We can’t be a level 4 without our subspecialists to support our NICU, including our surgical coverage, our radiology coverage, our pediatric OFS group. There are so many people that come together to make this what it is,” said Camille Gerdes with the NICU at the El Paso Children’s Hospital. <\/p>\n
‘We are able to take care of the most complex patients of El Paso and around the region. We do receive transfers from other NICUs that don’t have surgical services, any complex interdisciplinary services that we can provide,” said Myrna Meraz with the El Paso Children’s Hospital. <\/p>\n
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