Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, was the first freestanding children's hospital that is part of Nemours Children's Health , the nation's largest multi-state, multi-location pediatric health system. Alfred I. In , the original Alfred I.
Construction began in and progressed in phases until , when the hospital was completed. Nemours has grown to be one of the nation's largest children's health systems, caring for nearly half of a million children each year at both the Delaware facility and Orlando, Florida , as well as 72 primary and specialty care practices.
In April , Nemours partnered with the University of Central Florida to train future pediatric doctors. The partnership will address a projected shortage of physicians across Florida by The medical campus is located directly east of the DuPont Experimental Station and the site also houses the Nemours Estate.
The facility provides Delaware's only Pediatric Trauma Center, advanced inpatient and outpatient pediatric care in more than 30 specialties, intensive and acute pediatric care, as well as pediatric research. In October , Nemours completed a ,square-foot expansion project.
In May , Nemours opened a specialized pediatric medical office in Broomall, Pennsylvania that includes doctors who are experts in more than 15 medical and surgical specialties. In March , Nemours opened a 43,square-foot facility in Chester County that will offer 18 medical and outpatient surgical specialties for children.
