St. Luke's University Hospital Bethlehem has a children's emergency room at its Fountain Hill campus, with dedicated space for young patients.
The pediatric emergency room is part of a broader buildout of pediatric care at the Fountain Hill campus.
A Children's ER Years in the Making
The pediatric emergency room's first phase used existing space and had six beds, with four more planned for a second phase. An earlier report from Lehigh Valley Public Media described the Isaacman Family Children's Emergency Room opening with six beds at St. Luke's Children's Hospital in Bethlehem.
By October 2023, the Children's ER was dedicated, with plans to grow further. Per mcall.com, the first phase of that project used pre-existing, sectioned-off space within the emergency department to create a separate children's ED, with a planned second phase expected to add four more pediatric beds for a total of 10.
Part of a Broader Pediatric Buildout
The ER work follows several years of investment in pediatric care at the Fountain Hill campus. The same mcall.com report states that St. Luke's added an eight-bed pediatric intensive care unit to the campus in 2020, then opened St. Luke's Pediatric Specialty Center, a three-story, freestanding facility dedicated entirely to children, in May 2022. The following month, the network renovated and relocated its 17-bed pediatric inpatient unit to sit next to the pediatric intensive care unit.
St. Luke's Children's Hospital opened in June 2023.
Designing Care Around Young Patients
The children's waiting room offers a soothing, comforting space for young patients and their families.
The Isaacman Family Children's Emergency Room is part of St. Luke's University Hospital Bethlehem in Fountain Hill.
