Medical Services Nursing

Unit 5 East is a 32-bed unit for general pediatrics, pulmonology, allergy-immunology, adolescent medicine, neurology, hematology, metabolic diseases and general research patients.  Common pulmonary disorders treated on 5 East include pneumonia, bronchiolitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis, with complications.

Unit 5 West is a 30-bed unit for children with diabetes, infectious diseases and pulmonary conditions, with complications. This unit can accommodate up to 10 home ventilator patients who are stable enough to be outside the ICU setting.  Diabetic patients requiring insulin drips for their acute diabetic ketoacidosis are also treated here. Common infectious diseases treated on 5 West include tuberculosis, pertussis and Kawasaki disease.