Enhancing pediatric specialty care in your backyard
LG Health has joined with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to provide nationally renowned pediatric care in our community. Penn Medicine and CHOP are close affiliates, so our collaboration with CHOP is a logical choice. CHOP now provides inpatient pediatric care to our pediatric unit and pediatric support to our Emergency Department, and CHOP physicians offer inpatient and outpatient pediatric cardiology services. This collaboration enhances the level of very specialized care we are able to provide children and their families in our community. We are exploring additional opportunities to jointly expand pediatric services in Lancaster County.
CHOP’s groundbreaking care is available to Lancaster County’s children. CHOP continued its long tradition of historic milestones when, in July, 8-year-old Zion Harvey of Baltimore, MD, became the first pediatric bilateral hand transplant recipient in the world. Led by Dr. L. Scott Levin, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn Medicine, the landmark surgery lasted 10 ½ hours, with 40 people – including 10 attending surgeons collaborating. To learn more about Zion’s amazing journey, visit: chop.edu/stories/zion-s-story-gift-hands