At the Westchester Medical Center, there will be a net increase of only eight pediatric beds, Dr. Gewitz said.

The fourth floor addition was completed in 1966 and brought the hospital's bed capacity to 126 with 22 pediatric beds and 19 medical-surgical beds.

There is also a problem of access to psychiatric beds and, in particular, pediatric psychiatric beds.

The medical center, which has 109 pediatric beds on two floors, will double its capacity for children when patients move to the new quarters later in June.

Beth Israel, he said, would retain only a handful of pediatric beds on an adult floor.

The Connecticut Hospice in Branford has added a few pediatric beds in recent years and provides home hospice care for children.

The Intensive Care Unit has eight adults beds and five pediatric beds.

The main hospital has 109 pediatric beds on two floors.

He also ordered that 78 underused pediatric beds at three hospitals be converted for use by adult medical and surgical patients.

It plans to move all 33 pediatric beds for inpatient care by next month.