New Pediatric Specialty Center Set to Open in Norwalk

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital is set to open a new Pediatric Specialty Center at 747 Belden Avenue in on July 2.

The 1,000-square-foot medical office will offer specialized pediatric care in 12 disciplines as well as pediatric radiology and blood drawing services, according to a report in The Hour of Norwalk.

Specialties offered will include adolescent medicine, cardiology, craniofacial, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, hematology, neurology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics and urology, according to the Yale-New Haven Hospital website.

Norwalk elected and community officials including Mayor Richard A Moccia reportedly attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility on June 19.

Meanwhile Stamford Hospital has in multiple phases over the next 10 to 15 years, for an estimated $575 million, to a new plan to build the facility in a single phase over the next four years, for an estimated $450 million.

Under the new, single-phase plan — which is still subject to approval by the Stamford Zoning Board of Appeals — the new hospital facility would be completed by spring 2016, according to hospital officials.

For more about the new Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Pediatric Specialty Center, check out The Hour of Norwalk report.