University Health’s highly anticipated $573.7 million Women’s and Children’s Hospital will open its doors at the South Texas Medical Center and start treating patients in late August.
The hospital will open Aug. 24 and will house cardiac, neurology, transplant and trauma specialists, and a pediatric rehabilitation center to avoid separating families for care elsewhere. The new Women’s and Children’s Hospital moves two previously separated departments into one shared space and replaces the previous separation between women’s services and children’s services that officials say didn’t fit the needs of growing Bexar County. Previously on the main campus, children occupied the seventh floor of the 10-story Sky Tower and the labor and delivery wing was on the fourth floor of the Horizon Tower.
Understanding that hospital stays can sometimes be troubling for patients and their families, the hospital showcases trauma-informed design standards throughout, like the floor-to-ceiling windows on each floor to Each floor is designed to be similar and have a few spaces in common, like family lounges and isolation units. The hospital also features technology that allow security staff to control access to elevators; families to monitor NICU babies remotely; and communication with medical staff by families.Scott Ball / San Antonio Report
For mothers who can’t produce breast milk, the space will also have the Frost Milk Bank that will accept milk donations. During the tour, Blanco said the program could increase breast milk donorship across South Texas.
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