At St. Mary's Hospital, we offer full-scale children's health services including a children's emergency center, pediatric unit and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Both pediatric units are locked areas, kept secure at all times and staffed with nurses trained to treat young patients.

The PICU is an eight-bed unit staffed by intensivists, physicians specially trained in critical care. A national shortage of intensivists makes it imperative that parents pay attention to PICU staffing. Critically ill and injured children from newborns to young adults are cared for in this advanced unit.

Our focus is the health of the children we care for, but we make every effort to accommodate parents by providing overnight cots, beverages and snacks since having a child in the hospital can be very difficult.

Visiting Hours

Pediatrics
11am-8:30pm

• Parents have 24-hour visiting privileges. After posted hours, you'll need to enter the hospital through the ER.
• We ask you to limit the number of visitors your child has to 3 at the bedside. Please make sure visitors of all ages are free of infectious diseases or illnesses.
• No Latex balloons. Mylar balloons are permitted.

Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PICU)
11am-3pm, 5pm-7pm

• Parents have 24-hour visitation. After posted hours, parents need to enter the hospital through the ER.
• Due to the nature of care provided in PICU, we recommend that only parents, guardians & grandparents visit.
• Other friends and relatives may be permitted visitation with pre-approval from the PICU team.
• We ask that there be no more than two adults at a child's bedside at a time.
• No flowers, plants or latex balloons allowed.
• Mylar balloons are permitted.
• More detailed visitation guidelines are available in the PICU.