MOUNTAIN VIEW — El Camino Health has launched construction on a wide-ranging revamp of women’s health and maternity facilities at its Mountain View hospital campus.
The upgrades at El Camino Hospital are expected to be built in phases and are slated to be complete by sometime in 2024, officials with the South Bay health care system said.
The capital improvement program at the hospital’s women’s health and maternity center in Mountain View is expected to cost about $149 million, executives said.
“We have a long history of providing high-quality maternal and child health services for our community,” said Dan Woods, chief executive officer with El Camino Health.
The upgrades will involve El Camino Hospital’s labor and delivery facilities, neonatal intensive care unit, and women’s services.
Highlights of the project include:
— remodel and expansion of labor and delivery rooms, prep/recovery rooms, postpartum rooms and the neonatal intensive care unit
— upgraded building exterior, new lobby area, and cafe
— new dedicated antepartum rooms
— revamps such as elevator improvements, communications systems replacements, and fire alarm system upgrades.
“This renovation includes expanding the size of patient rooms to include a designated sleeping area for family and adding technology to enhance the experience of patients and families,” Woods said.
The upgrades will create new antepartum rooms that are needed when a new mother needs to be closely monitored before birth or is required to be on bed rest. The renovation will also bring a cafe to the building for the first time.
El Camino Health delivers more than 5,000 babies a year, according to the health care firm.
Once the project is completed:
— The neonatal intensive care unit will have 24 beds, up from the current 20 beds. The neonatal ICU will have 19 private rooms, up from the current two isolation rooms.
— The postpartum facility will have 52 private beds, up from 36.
— The labor and delivery unit will have 20 beds, up from 12.
“Overall design improvements for the center will focus on creating a welcoming environment that promotes healing and wellness for women, newborns, and their families,” hospital officials said.
