UOM Projects Could Open Early
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Officials at the University of Michigan announced that the replacement C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and replacement Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital are expected to open one year ahead of schedule, in fall 2011.
When completed, the $754 million, 1.1 million square-foot hospital complex will include a nine-story tower for clinical care and a 12-story tower devoted to inpatient care, diagnostics and procedural and treatment services.
The new 348-bed facility, which is located adjacent to the school’s University Hospital, will house private pediatric and women’s birthing patient rooms and a dedicated pediatric emergency room and urgent care center. All beds will be in single, private-room settings.
To date, the UM Health System has raised $69 million, which includes a $25 million gift from the Flint-based C.S. Mott Foundation and a $15 million donation from the Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation.
The new children’s hospital will have a helipad atop its 12-story tower and more than 30 exam rooms as part of a new emergency service. Pediatric inpatient rooms are 300 square feet, with computer and wireless accessibility. The hospital will house 20 pediatric operating and procedure rooms, up from 11 in the current C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, which will remain open after the replacement facility is completed.
An entire floor of the new children’s hospital will be dedicated to pediatric cancer care. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for critically ill newborns will expand from 40 beds in the current hospital to 46 beds. All beds in the NICU will be private and include living space for parents or caregivers staying with their child.
The Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital will house 31 obstetric and gynecology exam and procedure rooms. The birth center will have 50 single-room maternity care beds.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Pediatric Cardio-Thoracic Unit will share a floor that includes a Ronald McDonald House within the hospital for short-term lodging of patient families. The area will include 12 private bedrooms with beds, showers and desks, along with shared living rooms.
Inpatient, diagnostic, procedural and clinic services oat f the Michigan Congenital Heart Center will be all located on one floor within the new facility.