Our Mission

Putting family first

• The Children’s Hospital of Georgia understands that creating efficient and
• effective care means not only taking care of a child, but a family.
• Our mission is to provide breakthrough, family-centered care to our patients.
• We provide a dynamic mix of caring, compassionate staff to help us
  accomplish this goal.

 

 

Promoting prevention

• The Children's Hospital of Georgia provides quality care for children and adolescents with regular checkups, immunizations and information to help
  keep them healthy.
• Doctors and medical students take information to Georgia classrooms in
  person or via the state’s distance learning network.

 

 

 

Providing breakthrough treatment

• Our children’s hospital serves as the regional Pediatric Trauma Center with the capabilities to care for critically sick and injured children.
• The Pediatric Transport Team provides optimal care in transit to children
  traveling from other hospitals.
• Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit offers breakthrough care and constant
  attention to premature and severely ill newborns.
• The Children’s Heart Program works jointly with perinatologists at Georgia Regents Medical Center to diagnose and correct heart defects in children,
  oftentimes before they are even born.

• Our pediatric hematology-oncology team helps cares
  for children battling cancer and blood diseases.

 

Creating a safe haven for children

• Opened in 1998, the Children’s Hospital of Georgia is a 149-bed
  220,000-square-foot facility.
• Our hospital is designed just for children and combines a theme of nature
  and technology to create a safe haven for children and their families.
• Playrooms for children provide toys and games.
• A Children’s Hospital of Georgia teacher works closely with hospitalized
  children to keep young patients’ education on track.
• Family Resource Library provides parents and siblings
  the latest information on diseases and treatments.