Pediatrics

Our inpatient unit is staffed by pediatric nurses who understand that children need extra TLC when they’re hospitalized. A liberal visitation policy on this unit for parents assures that you can remain with your child as much as possible.

Improving Services for Children

Palisades Medical Center has a new Pediatrics Unit. The new unit was reconstructed from floor to ceiling to provide young patients with beautiful and comfortable rooms designed to enhance the healing process. The new unit also includes expanded amenities, four additional patient beds, a playroom, and a new security system.

The grand opening of the new Pediatric Unit is Palisades Medical Center latest improvement of services for children. Palisades Medical Center formed a new clinical affiliation with Hackensack University Health Network (HackensackUHN) that has enabled Palisades Medical Center to reorganize its Neonatal Level 2 Nursery. The Neonatal Level 2 Nursery provides 24/7 neonatology services and enables Palisades Medical Center’s Maternity Center to effectively address clinically complex cases. Palisades Medical Center’s Maternity Unit received a perfect 5-Star-Rating from the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings company.

“Palisades Medical Center’s new Pediatric Unit will be the first choice for practitioners and patients alike in Hudson County,” said Omar Baker, MD of Riverside Pediatric Group. “Caring for our kids is our most important duty as physicians, and Palisades Medical Center is committed to this by evidence of the most recent expansion and renovation of what is now the best pediatric unit in all of Hudson County.”