Nicklaus Children's Opens Pediatric Urgent Care Facility in Hialeah

Published on: 03/26/2018

HIALEAH - Nicklaus Children's Health System has opened its newest pediatric urgent care facility, the Nicklaus Children's Hialeah Outpatient Center in the city of Hialeah.  The center, located at 990 W 49^th Street, offers walk-in pediatric urgent care services from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for infants, children, teens and young adults through age 21. Services are led by board-certified pediatricians.
 

Nancy Humbert, Executive Vice President of Ambulatory Services and External Affiliations for Nicklaus Children's Health System, said, “We are pleased to enhance access to pediatric services for families in Hialeah through the opening of this beautiful new center. We hope it will become a valued resource for families seeking prompt, child-friendly care close to home.”

 
The Nicklaus Children's Hialeah Outpatient Center brings to 13 the total number of  Nicklaus Children's outpatient facilities serving South Florida from Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County. Nicklaus Children's urgent care facilities provide the comfort of walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed. Other outpatient services offered at various locations throughout the region include rehabilitation services, imaging services and subspecialty medical appointments.
 
For more information visit www.nicklauschildrens.org/urgentcare

About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Children Matter Most ™ (2024)

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. With more than 850 physicians, including over 500 pediatric subspecialists, the hospital and its network of outpatient centers and offices serve close to 70% of children in the Miami market. The only hospital "where your child matters most™,” Nicklaus Children's is home to the region's most advanced Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower, and its centers of excellence Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute. The Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Transfer Center, Nick4Kids, and LifeFlight are responsible for transporting and saving close to 5,000 lives a year. Our 307-bed hospital, which is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, has many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.

About Nicklaus Children’s Health System, Where Children Matter Most(2024)

Nicklaus Children’s Health System (NCHS) is the parent organization of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children. The 307-bed nonprofit hospital was founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International and is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. The health system also includes Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation, the organization's 501c3 fundraising arm; a network of nonprofit outpatient and urgent care centers situated in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties; a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary; and an ambulatory surgery center. NCHS is the region’s only healthcare system exclusively for children.