University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital will open a new innovative facility for mothers’ and children in March 2011. This new facility will provide patient- and family-centered care in more than 50 pediatric and maternal services in one convenient location.

As Minnesota’s first green children’s hospital, the new facility will feature an environmentally sensitive design, eco-friendly materials and green spaces, such as a healing garden. Other key features include a dedicated pediatric emergency department with 10 children’s emergency rooms and two trauma bays as well as six state-of-the-art operating suites and a children’s observation and sedation unit.  All pediatric patient rooms are private and 65 percent larger than the industry average.

University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital – Minnesota’s only children’s hospital that’s part of an academic health center – is home to one of the nation’s top 20 pediatric research programs. Our team of physicians, nurses and researchers not only deliver the latest innovations, they create them.

        
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