Facts and Figures
Rady Children’s Hospital Main Campus
In fiscal year 2018,* Rady Children’s Hospital:
- Provided care to 227,461 children.
- Had 20,341 inpatient admissions.
- Had 247,314 outpatient visits.
- Provided care to 870 trauma patients. (Calendar Year 2017)
- Had 96,342 emergency care visits and 56,275 urgent care visits.
- Performed 20,732 surgeries.
- Performed 460 heart surgeries and attended to 25,144 outpatient visits at our cardiology clinics. To date, we have performed 25 heart transplants. More on our Heart Institute.
- Cared for 300 newly diagnosed cancer patients, attended to 17,157 outpatient visits and performed 30 blood and marrow transplants at our Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
- Provided trauma counseling to 581 children and parents at our Chadwick Center for Children & Families.
- Evaluated 208 children for autism spectrum disorders, and 104 children were seen for an intervention. More on our Autism Discovery Institute.
- Had 67,172 visits to our orthopedic and rehabilitation clinics, including the 360 Sports Medicine program. More on our Orthopedics & Scoliosis Center.
Celebrating over 1,000 genomes sequenced with Gene Gnome.
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine
On July 20, 2018, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine sequenced over 1,000 patient and family genomes!
As a result of the findings:
- 35 percent of patients sequenced received a diagnosis.
- 70 percent saw a change in their care plan.
More to Know:
- Rady Children’s 43-bed Helen Bernardy Center is the only pediatric skilled nursing facility in California. In a home-like environment, medically fragile and developmentally disabled children receive round-the-clock care.
- Rady Children’s Canine Care Program now has 30 volunteer dogs. Dogs and their handlers are on Rady Children’s campus five days a week throughout the year.
- The Ronald McDonald House, adjacent to Rady Children’s, is available to families whose children are undergoing tests or treatment.
- Patients at Rady Children’s use more than 2,900 crutches each year.
- Each year, about 127,000 intravenous (IV) sets are used at Rady Children’s.
- Rady Children’s gives out more than 21,000 popsicles a year to patients.
- Rady Children’s playrooms go through about 9,900 packs of crayons a year.
- Rady Children’s gives out about 280,000 Bandaids.
- Rady Children’s uses more than 1.6 million pounds of linen (sheets, pillowcases, towels) each year.
- Rady Children’s uses about 880,000 diapers each year.
- Rady Children’s uses about 131,000 oxisensors each year.
- Rady Children’s uses nearly 12 million exam gloves each year.
- Rady Children’s has gowns to fit all sizes, from infants and children to teenagers.
- A blood pressure cuff for a preemie’s tiny arm is about the size of an adult’s finger.
*July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018