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$34-million L&D tower on track for May opening: new facility for labor and delivery designed with patients in mind.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-APR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: $34-million L&D tower on track for May opening: new facility for labor and delivery designed with patients in mind.(labor and delivery)

Article Excerpt
COLUMBUS -- The May opening of a 151-room, $34-million tower at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle brings a new level of comfort to the facility and makes it possible for family members to take part in the recovery process 24 hours a day.

In the 167,000-square-foot tower, which will house the hospital's labor and delivery services, the patient rooms are nearly three times larger than the old patient rooms.

The new addition "gives the feeling that you're in a hotel, not a hospital," according to Jason Little, the administrator and CEO.

The recovery rooms are 'expansive" so that new-born babies and their families can spend the night together. "This encourages the bonding process to begin as soon as possible," Little said.

He cited a trend in hospitals away...

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