Parkridge East Hospital has begun a $9,759,000 modernization of its Women’s Services units.
Among the largest expansions in the hospital’s nearly 50-year history, the 4,366-square-foot project will add five postpartum beds and one labor and delivery bed.
Additionally, the waiting room, 24/7 nursery and all rooms in The Birth Place at Parkridge East – which includes labor and delivery, a level-three neonatal intensive care unit and postpartum services – will be upgraded.
The phased project is already underway. Upon completion, The Birth Place will offer 23 postpartum beds, nine labor and delivery rooms and 22 NICU beds.
The Birth Place at Parkridge East offers a 24-hour nursery, trained lactation specialists, expectant mother education and support classes and a level three NICU capable of caring for babies born at 24 weeks gestation or more and those who have severe or complex conditions.
Parkridge East delivers more than 2,000 babies every year.
Source: Parkridge East Hospital