A second home – that’s how many patients and their families refer to Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre. Through their health care journeys, they come to know it as a place that they can trust and feel safe in during the most difficult times in their life.

Specialized Care

When a child’s life is threatened, our medical professionals have the expertise to offer world-class care in more than 30 different medical specialties and sub-specialties. They are committed to excellence and continue to train in the latest techniques while striving to foster a family-centred atmosphere that anticipates their patients’ needs.

Service Area

Children’s Hospital serves a vast area, including Southwestern Ontario and parts of Northern Ontario. More than half of all patients come from outside of London. Our highly-skilled transport team utilizes leading-edge technology and specialized medical protocols to fly into communities to bring children to life-saving care.

Last year, Children’s Hospital cared for nearly 32,000 of 

the most medically complex and critically-ill children, from birth up to age 18, in our region.

Saving Our Region’s Kids:

Serving a population of more than 2.3 million, with over 400,000 children, Children’s Hospital cares for our region’s most critically ill, and last year:

•    Received over 117,000 patient visits, or 320 visits per day

   

•    Over 37,000 clinical visits to the Paediatric Medical Day Unit
•    36,000 visits through Emergency
•    Supported over 900 critically ill babies in Neonatal Intensive Care
•    Treated over 820 children in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit
•    53% of patients are from outside of London

Children’s Hospital provides the finest paediatric care available. Thank you for helping to make this exceptional level of world-class care possible and for bringing hope to precious children and their families.