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CONSTRUCTION BY THE NUMBERS
18 postpartum rooms (up from
12). These rooms are also private,
much larger, and offer amenities
like large windows, a comfortable
sleeper-sofa and a refrigerator.
“The new patient rooms are
nearly twice the size of the existing
rooms,” Derek said. “This allows
the mother and infant to be in the
same room while also accommodat-
ing visitors.”
The new NICU consists of
12 rooms, with two of them
equipped to handle twins if
needed. Infants will have their own
rooms with the latest technology
available.
“The care for sick and prema-
ture babies continues to evolve at
Kootenai Health,” Kimberly Judd,
M.D., neonatologist, said. “With
the new expansion, plans are in
place to extend that care to include
even smaller infants—those
born as early as 28 weeks and
weighing 1,000 grams, or about
2.2 pounds.”
S E C O N D F L O O R ,
O R T H O P E D I C S A N D
N E U R O L O G Y
The second floor of the expansion is
dedicated to orthopedics and neurol-
ogy. All of the new patient rooms are
40 percent larger, with amenities
for patient education, communica-
12,388
sheets of
drywall
3,500
yards of
concrete
770
tons
of steel
2,267
light
switches
4,274
power
outlets
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Gina McCloskey, RN, hands Svetlana McKeirnan her baby boy, Maddex, in one of the
new Family Birth Center’s postpartum rooms.