Certificate of Need approved for new WVU Medicine Women’s and Children’s Hospital

The West Virginia Health Care Authority has approved a Certificate of Need for a new WVU Medicine Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

A groundbreaking for the $150 million, 155-bed, eight-story facility will occur Monday, June 4, with construction scheduled to be completed in three years.

The tower will include:

• Entry, registration, administration, outpatient clinics, and building services
• Diagnostic imaging, dietary and a laboratory
• Two connections to the Southeast Tower (the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute tower)
• Operating rooms, cardiac catheterization, and endoscopy facilities
• A 25-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and sedation unit
• A 61-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• A 39-bed pediatric acute care unit
• A 30-bed obstetrical unit with potential for expansion
• A medical office building, including Pediatric subspecialty and Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinics

All of the inpatient rooms will be private, except for 11 NICU rooms for twins. The tower will also include inpatient and outpatient pharmacy facilities, and a cafeteria.