CHARLOTTE — The Novant Well being Basis and donors celebrated the completion of section one of many expanded neonatal intensive care unit with a ribbon reducing on Thursday.
The bigger NICU area, positioned in Novant Well being Hemby Kids’s Hospital, will proceed to ship essential look after untimely infants in a snug area for sufferers and their households.
Katie Spizzirri, chief philanthropy officer of Novant Well being Presbyterian Medical Middle Basis, expressed her gratitude for the neighborhood help in making this renovation doable.
“We’re thrilled to formally open the doorways of the expanded and enhanced NICU to our tiniest sufferers and their households,” Spizzirri stated. “None of this could be doable with out continued neighborhood help permitting us to supply complicated essential look after infants who want it most.”
The enlargement was designed with sufferers, households and staff members in thoughts.
There shall be 12 new NICU bays, permitting staff members to look after 25% extra infants, a non-public lactation room for moms to pump or nurse, household restrooms and a brand new staff lounge.
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