Children’s Hospital New Orleans is planning a $225 million expansion project, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction + Operations website.
The 20-bed cardiac unit will be expanded with all private rooms.
The project also will include a new parking garage, expanded cancer center with inpatient and outpatient services together, expanded critical care facilities and an elevated walkway connecting the new garage to the hospital.
A same-day surgery unit with private rooms, a cardiac intensive care and neonatal intensive care unit with private rooms, a cancer center and a new main entrance, reception and lobby area are also planned.
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