Valley Children's Hospital (VCH), formerly Children's Hospital Central California is a stand-alone, pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Madera County, California. The hospital has 358 pediatric beds[1] and is affiliated the Stanford University School of Medicine.[2][3][4] The hospital is a member of Valley Children's Healthcare and is one of only two children's hospitals in the network, servicing approximately 1.3 million children and adolescents in their coverage area.[5] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[6][7] throughout Madera County, Fresno, and California.[8] Valley Children's also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.[9][10][11] read more