Pediatric visits comprise approximately 25 percent of the 40,000 visits made to Greenwich Hospital’s emergency department annually.
Pediatric emergency medicine physicians from Yale Children’s will serve Greenwich Hospital from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m., which will cover high pediatric volumes after pediatrician offices close, said Christopher Davison, MD, medical director of Greenwich Hospital’s ED.
There will also be a full staff of pediatricians during the day who can be called to the ED when the pediatric emergency medicine physicians are not on site, Dr. Davison added.
Greenwich Hospital includes a waiting room and exam rooms specially designed for pediatric patients and their families. The child-friendly designs were added as part of a multimillion dollar ED renovation Greenwich Hospital completed January of this year.
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