Meet our Animal Friends at Nationwide Children’s!

We know that nature has a powerful effect on healing. That’s just one reason why we brought nature’s animals inside. Our animal friends play a key role throughout the new main hospital. Each patient level features a unique, hand-carved animal friend designed to entertain patients and provide a positive distraction. The animal friends you’ll find in our new main hospital were chosen because of their presence right here in Ohio. Here’s your “field guide” to locating animal friends in the hospital.

In total, we have more than 24 animal friends located through the halls of our hospital!