General Info

The Lauren Small Childrens Center at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is the first comprehensive pediatric program in Kern County and is fully approved by California Childrens Services. This children's center includes the Robert A. Grimm Childrens Pavilion for Emergency Services, the only dedicated pediatric emergency department between Los Angeles and Madera; a 31-bed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for premature or seriously ill newborns; an eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); and a 35-bed Pediatric Unit with around the clock in-house pediatricians, known as hospitalists.