General Practitioners

• Pediatric Care
  Town & Country Pediatrics is located at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, 3009 N. Ballas Road. The office is located on the 1st floor, Suite 131A, in Building A of the Diagnostic Center.
• Emergency Care
  Your child may need to go to the hospital emergency room or possibly be admitted. You should be prepared for such a possibility when you call. Be familar with your child's health insurance information and rules. Many of them require that you call the doctor before going to the emergency room (unless the situation is emergent). Also some plans may limit hospital choices: St. Louis Children's Hospital and Missouri Baptist are off-limits for Blue Choice, for example.
• Immunizations
  When babies are born the personnel in the hospital will perform such routines as monitoring the baby, administering tests and medications, and giving feeding advice. Babies typically are given antibiotic ointment for the eyes and a Vitamin K shot just after birth. A blood sugar level is obtained within an hour in some hospitals. The State of Missouri requires screening tests (including “PKU†, and about 30 other tests). These tests will be drawn before the baby is discharged but sometimes have to be repeated later. Some babies may require other tests such as blood types, blood counts, and screens for jaundice or infection. Hospitals proved a hearing test for your baby. Babies should receive a vaccination for Hepatitis B in the nursery.