CHILDREN’S NATIONAL Hospital, one of the country’s leading pediatric medical centers, is prepared to accept adult patients after expanding its admission criteria for the first time in history to bolster the D.C. region’s hospital capacity during the coronavirus crisis.
In the event that regional hospitals see a surge of adult patients, Children’s National will accept patients under 30 years old who are showing respiratory symptoms and who may or may not have tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson tells U.S. News. The pediatric hospital, which opened in 1870, will also admit patients in their 20s with cancer or sickle cell disease if other area hospitals become concerned about capacity during a surge.
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