Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children moved more than 100 patients from its existing building into the newly expanded portion of the hospital. It was part of a $270 million project.
Over an eight-hours period on Sunday, teams of Nemours staff moved patients from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the Blood & Bone Marrow Transplant unit and all five inpatient general medical/surgical units into the 450,000 square foot expansion.
The hospital’s new Emergency Department opened to new patients on November 2, nearly doubling the hospital’s capacity to treat emergencies. The new space, designed with the input of families features all single-patient rooms, an expanded emergency department and pediatric intensive care unit, the five -story Anthony N. Fusco, Sr, Atrium, and the state of the art Discovery Zone interactive panel presented by DuPont.
The project kicked off in 2011. The expansion was paid in full. The expanded hospital features 144 single-patient rooms with distinct zones in each room for the patient, family and caregiver.
The emergency department doubled in size, growing from 24 bays to 44 bays.
The existing hospital building was built in 1984 and will continue to serve as the hub for neonatal intensive care, cardiac care and ambulatory services.
Skanska USA Building is the general contractor for the Expansion. FKP was architect.
