Groundbreaking at $72.6 Million Alabama Hospital

MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital broke ground on a 195,000 square-foot expansion, while also announcing a major fundraising campaign to enhance the programs and services of the hospital.

 

The $72.6 million expansion, funded by the USA Health System and the USA Foundation, will nearly double the size of the hospital, adding neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, additional operating rooms, and larger patient rooms to better accommodate visitors and families. Supports service areas such as an enlarged cafeteria and kitchen, professional teaching and community education space are also included in the five-level expansion.  

 

“USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital reaches far beyond Mobile, touching lives all along the upper Gulf coast and upward toward central Alabama,” says USA President Gordon Moulton. “This expansion will enable the hospital to provide an even higher level of care to our patients, as well as a more comfortable and supportive environment for patients and their families.”

 

USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital is Mobile’s leader in births. The hospital has the area’s only Level III neonatal intensive care unit, treating some 1,000 babies each year, with one-quarter of the babies coming from other hospitals in the region. USA also features the award-winning Hope Pediatric Cancer and Sickle Cell Treatment

Center.

 

“We pride ourselves on family centered care, and this expansion will be a wonderful gift for our patients and their families," said hospital administrator Becky DeVillier. “Children do so much better when their families can stay with them.”