Quincy Medical Center in Massachusetts, US, is re-establishing its maternity ward as part of a $30m hospital renovation programme.
The $12.8m project, which is awaiting the state’s Department of Public Health approval, is expected begin in late 2012.
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The 22,000ft2 maternity suite will occupy the hospital’s sixth floor, and is expected to deliver approximately 2,000 babies a year.
Quincy will invest $3.4m in the renovation of the parking area nearby, which began in 2011.
The medical centre’s $600,000, 12-bed orthopaedic suite is scheduled to open in approximately eight weeks.
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Quincy president Daniel Knell said, "’Bring maternity back to Quincy’ is what I’ve heard over and over as I’ve been out talking to people in the community. There is a very strong connection between this hospital and generations of families who were born here. We want to make sure that this service is here for generations to come."
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By GlobalDataThe previous maternity service, which delivered an average of 1,200 babies a year, closed in 1998 and was replaced with Quincy Medical Center’s ambulatory care unit.
