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Inside the new Women's Hospital

The new Women's Hospital will become the city's most comprehensive centre for women's health care. It will feature a Family Birthing Place, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It will also have a private space for oncology and palliative care patients. Here is a floor-byfloor breakdown of the new hospital. Plans are subject to change.

Lower Level

Parking for 150 vehicles

Level One

Covered Ambulance Bays, Triage, Ambulatory Care, Fetal Assessment Unit, Retail Services.

View Floor Plan of Level One

Level Two

The new hospital will have a 60-bed NICU unit. Currently, some sick babies are treated in the Women's Hospital while others are treated in the Children's Hospital. This means that babies are often shuttled from one facility to the other by way of underground tunnels. The new NICU will eliminate the need to move babies around.

View Floor Plan of Level Two

Level Three

Labour and Delivery Unit (16 beds). In addition to providing state-of-the art facilities for expectant mothers about to deliver, this floor will also feature three operating rooms for patients who may require caesarean section. Currently, high-risk and low-risk patients stay in different units. It will also feature a women's surgical centre, with four operating rooms for gynecological- related surgeries.

View Floor Plan of Level Three

Level Four

Post-partum Unit (54 beds). Private single rooms with support space for women who have just given birth and their immediate families. The fourth floor will also feature spiritual space and ceremonial space for smudging and other cultural practices. The floor will also open up to a rooftop deck.

View Floor Plan of Level Four

Level Five

Gynecology/Oncology/Palliative Care (26 beds); Ante-partum (13 beds). This floor is designed for patients who require extended care. Pregnant women with health issues, such as hypertension will stay in the ante-partum unit. Gynecological patients, women with cancer, those requiring palliative care or women recovering from surgery will also be able to stay in this unit.

View Floor Plan of Level Five

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