Becker's Healthcare November 14, 2024
Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System has unveiled plans for a 10-year expansion project at its flagship campus.
Six notes:
1. The expansion includes a 700,000-square-foot medical tower to Cook Children’s Medical Center, according to a Nov. 13 news release from the health system.
2. The new West Tower will connect to the existing medical center both above and below ground and will expand the NICU by 37 beds.
3. The tower will increase capacity for hematology/oncology services and research, operating rooms and imaging services, as well as allow for an expanded and redesigned pediatric intensive care unit.
4. The current PICU separates patient beds by curtains; the redesigned unit will feature 56 private rooms.
5. Because of...