McLeod Children's Hospital provides the highest level of pediatric care and technology available in the region. Each year, more than 26,000 children receive care from the Children's Hospital.

Businesses and individuals across the region support the Children's Hospital through the McLeod Health Foundation. The Child Life Activity Center, a large, sunlit playroom, offers an opportunity for relaxed play and distraction from their illness or injury. A Child Life Specialist works with children and their families to make the hospital stay easier.

Since 1992, a specially designated Children's Hospital Ambulance has transported children and newborns from community hospitals throughout the region to high-tech, lifesaving specialists at the Children's Hospital. In 1994, McLeod opened the region's only five-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) -- designed, staffed and equipped, especially for children. In 1997, the PICU was upgraded from a five-bed unit to a six-bed unit and is currently under the direction of two board-certified pediatric intensivists.

Today, nearly 100 beds at McLeod are dedicated to serving the needs of children, including those in the Children's Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, PICU, and Day Hospital.

The McLeod Pediatric Critical Care group was established in 1992. McLeod currently has five pediatric subspecialists encompassing the subspecialties of pediatric cardiology, pediatric critical care, pediatric endocrinology and pediatric orthopedic surgery. In addition, McLeod is joined by satellite clinics from the Medical University of South Carolina in the fields of pediatric hematology, oncology, and nephrology. Pediatric neurology and pediatric allergy/immunology are also available.

The Children's Hospital is an institutional member of the Association for the Care of Children's Health, the South Carolina Children's Hospital Collaborative, and Children's Miracle Network.