The new Children's Hospital

Until now, pediatric services were split between the Children’s Hospital in Montétan and the Bugnon hospital campus. With the opening of this new facility, most pediatric services—including inpatient care, general and specialized consultations, pediatric emergency services, radiology, and surgical suites—is relocated to the new hospital.

All activities housed at the Children’s Hospital in Montétan have moved to this new site.

The new building enables optimal care delivery without the need for patient transfers across the city. By bringing together all pediatric medical and surgical expertise under one roof, the Children’s Hospital provides a more functional, modern, and welcoming environment, fully equipped to meet the current and future needs of pediatric care.

This consolidation also creates new synergies with adult specialties, offer access to state-of-the-art technical facilities, and free up space for adult care, ultimately helping to reduce congestion at the CHUV.

The relocation is scheduled over a two-week period (May 8-22), with patient transfers taking place on May 13-14-15. 

As of 14 May 2025, the Montétan Hôpital de l’enfance closes its doors for good. 

In addition, as of 14 May at 6 AM, if you have to go to the CHUV’s paediatric accidents and emergencies department, go to the new Children’s Hospital, at rue du Bugnon 52, 1011 Lausanne, just above the CHUV’s M2 metro.

An information campaign has been launched to provide all necessary details to patients, their families, the public, and healthcare professionals.

• All services formerly located at the Children’s Hospital
• Pediatric services formerly located on the 11th floor of the Main Hospital Building and the 7th floor

Which departments are not moving?

• Pediatric Intensive Care remain on Level 05 of the Main Hospital Building
• Consultations for the Interdisciplinary Adolescent Health Division (DISA) and neurorehabilitation services continue to be located in the Nestlé Building

Emergency Services

The pediatric medical and surgical emergency department is open 24/7, serving children and adolescents from 0 to 18 years old. Both pedestrian and ambulance access is at ground level from Avenue Pierre-Decker, next to the Maternity Ward.

Inpatient Units

The inpatient units, with a capacity of up to 100 patients, is located on the upper floors (Levels 03, 04, and 05).

Levels 04 and 05 accommodate general medical-surgical inpatient services, while oncology-hematology patients is placed on Level 03 in a dedicated area that integrates both inpatient and outpatient care.

Intermediate Care is located on Level 02.

Ambulatory Care

The ambulatory care sector, organized by specialty, is located on Levels 0 and -1. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy services is on Level 03, oncology-hematology on Level 03, and cardiology on Level 02.

Pediatric and Surgical Day Hospitals

The Pediatric Day Hospital is located on Level 0, and the Surgical Day Hospital on Level -1. These facilities offer daytime care for in-depth diagnostics, surgical procedures, and dialysis treatments.

Operating Suite and Recovery Room

A surgical suite with five operating rooms is in use during the day. At night and on weekends, emergency surgeries are conducted in the Main Hospital Building’s operating suite.

Radiology

Level 01 houses a radiology department dedicated specifically to pediatrics, equipped with an MRI scanner, radiology rooms, and imaging suites.