INDIANAPOLIS ---Franciscan St. Francis Health unveiled their 100,000 square foot expansion to its Indianapolis Women & Children's Center on Saturday.
Hospital officials say the $37 million project aims to provide more services to babies, children, and mothers throughout Central Indiana.
The expanded facility includes:
· 7 triage rooms and an infusion area for newly admitted patients (2nd floor)
· 12 expanded labor and delivery rooms (2nd floor)
· 8 large antepartum suites with in-room refrigerators (2nd floor)
· 2 operating room suites for caesarean procedures (2nd floor)
· 36 postpartum suites and a nursery (3rd floor)
· 24 private neonatal intensive care (NICU) rooms (4th floor)
· 10 "kid-friendly" pediatric rooms (4th floor)
The new facility also offers a new wellness center that offers massage and acupuncture therapy.
"The completion of the Center heralds a new beginning and expands our ability to serve the healthcare needs of women, infants and children and the community as a whole," WCC Director Lori Warner said in a statement. "This project was phased in over a three-year period and I thank our phenomenal staff, who continued to provide a high level of care during that time. And, I thank all of our patients and visitors who were able navigate their way through the construction."
