Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin (OLCHC) has a very modern Children’s Heart Centre with dedicated outpatients, outdoor play areas and great facilities for parents or carers, so whether you are here for a cardiac catheterisation or open heart surgery, you will be very well looked after.
“Having some literature about the hospital, the financial support, and the calls really helped.”
Heart Parent
About Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin
Once you have received a date for surgery, a member of the travel team from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) will get in touch with you to pass on details of your travel arrangements. BHSCT will arrange and pay for return transport and accommodation for your child and two adult escorts. The hospital provides its own parent accommodation within the hospital and a shared house with private rooms a short walk from the hospital.
BHSCT will try to book a room in the Ronald McDonald house next to the hospital where possible. However, it usually has quite a long waiting list. St Theresa’s and St Brigid’s are cardiac wards. If your child is under one year old, they will most likely be moved to St Theresa’s ward when transferred from PICU, and if your child is older, they will most likely move to St Brigid’s ward. Both wards have lovely, bright play areas, and each has a large kitchen and lounge area for parents and carers to take some time out and make a cuppa or something to eat.
For more information on Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin visit their website.
We can put you in contact with parents who have previously travelled to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital for some parent-to-parent advice. Just let a member of our family support team know.
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