Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital, formerly known as East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the East Tennessee region and beyond. Our vision is taking care of our future, one child at a time.
Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital is a 152-bed hospital certified by the state of Tennessee as one of four Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center in Tennessee and is accredited by the Joint Commission. As a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center, Children’s Hospital offers full capabilities to care for seriously ill children in a unique pediatric environment and offers the services of many different pediatric subspecialties. Children’s Hospital works jointly with the University of Tennessee Medical Center to ensure that injured children in this region receive trauma care at the institution most appropriate for the child’s needs. We also assist smaller hospitals by providing pediatric health care training opportunities.
Since our first day in 1937, we have had an “open-door” policy that no child will be denied care because of race, religion or their parents’ ability to pay their child’s medical bill.