Gov. Hochul announces landmark $27.5 million investment for maternal and pediatric care at Elmhurst Hospital

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Elmhurst Hospital is receiving major funding to support the growing medical needs of expecting mothers and children living in Queens.  Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a landmark $27.5 million investment into Elmhurst Hospital’s maternal and pediatric healthcare facilities on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a landmark $27.5 million investment into Elmhurst Hospital’s maternal and pediatric healthcare facilities on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Hochul held a press conference at the hospital, as local government leaders and hospital staff celebrated news of the expansion of the Women’s Pavilion and the hospital’s first, state-of-the-art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit .

Approximately $20 million of the funding will more than double the size of the Women’s Pavillion, from 16,000 square feet to 35,000 square feet. The expansion will provide increased prenatal care, including general obstetrics and high-risk pregnancy services, nutrition services, family planning resources and prenatal education. Additionally, the investment will address the need for more services during evening hours.

advanced blood pressure monitors, cardiac monitors, cerebrospinal fluid drainers and other state-of-the-art equipment. More details on the timelines for the facilities will be shared in the coming months.Hochul said the investment will combat the high maternal mortality crisis disproportionately affecting women of color. “We understand that this is a national crisis that women of color are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth, and that’s just abhorrent to me.

 

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