MEMORIAL CARE MILLER CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL LONG BEACH

Memorial Care Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach is one of 22 hospitals in California to feature a regional Level IV NICU, which is the highest designation available by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This means Miller Children’s Hospital have advanced capabilities, along with skilled specialists, to care for sick and critically ill, and premature babies. Miller Children’s Hospital treat nearly 1,200 critically ill and premature babies each year.

The NICU is home to the largest Small Baby Unit in the region to care for extremely low birthweight babies in an environment mimicking the womb, including an Extremely Low Birthweight Program.

The NICU is just down the hall from our Cherese Mari Laulhere BirthCare Center. If a woman has a high-risk pregnancy, where the baby may need to go to the NICU immediately following birth, they will not need to be taken away from mom and transported to another hospital.

Miller Children’s & Women's has a full range of advanced neonatal medical care, including state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical care, complete with leading technologies and care techniques, including whole-body cooling for brain development and bubble c-pap to increase oxygen flow.

Memorial Care Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach delivers over 5, 500 babies per year and admits over 120 extremely preterm newborns in their Level IV 96 bed NICU each year. In 2016, Miller Children’s NICU opened the 36-bed Small Baby Center - the largest in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.