Beaming: First steel beams in place for new WVU Medicine Children's Hospital
The first steel beam was put in place at the construction site of the new WVU Medicine Children's Hospital today (Dec. 6).
The 150-bed, nine-story tower is scheduled to be completed in 2021. The tower will include:
- Diagnostic imaging and a laboratory
- Operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, and endoscopy facilities
- A 34-bed Pediatric Acute Care Unit with six beds available for Hematology/Oncology
- A 31-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with six beds available for epilepsy monitoring
- A 54-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- A 30-bed Birthing Center
- A Medical Office Building, Cancer Institute, Heart and Vascular Institute, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinics
All the inpatient rooms will be private, except for nine NICU rooms for twins. The tower will also include inpatient and outpatient pharmacy facilities and a cafeteria.
An animated virtual tour is available. WVU Medicine Children's is currently in the midst of a $60 million capital campaign, with a theme of "Grow hope. Grow healing. Grow WVU Medicine Children’s."
