When the Lois Hole Hospital for Women welcomes its first patients in the spring of 2010, it will be unlike any other facility in the Edmonton zone, and probably in the province.
Alberta Health Services has created a hospital where, when women walk through the doors they'll know they are entering a special place – a place designed just for them-- where they can get the specialized care and the treatment they need.
The five-floor "hospital within a hospital" will consolidate the majority of specialized services for women together under one roof at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, which improves accessibility and quality of services, while sharing resources with the larger pavilion and site.
The ground floor of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women will hold the women's outpatient clinics, which currently receive approximately 24,000 patient visits each year.
The facility's 26-bed inpatient units include patient rooms with more space and Interactive Bedside Terminals (IBT), which provide patients with convenient access to telephone, entertainment, and educational information.
The units also contain decentralized nursing areas and the ability for monitored observation beds, so staff and physicians can be in closer proximity to patients.
The hospital's 16 labour and delivery rooms will support approximately 5,000 births and 215 multiple births each year.
Two infant resuscitation areas also support a new model of care. At a critical time, newborns can be cared for by staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for up to four hours before being transported directly into the nearby NICU.
The dedicated women's surgical suite is equipped with state-of-the-art digital operating room technology and instrumentation.
The Lois Hole Hospital for Women will also improve the focus on women's health and help us recruit and retain leading experts in this field.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital is proud of its affiliation with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. As a teaching centre, this new hospital will support our physicians and staff in expanding the innovative research and learning that is already underway. In addition, the Lois Hole Hospital for Women will also strengthen opportunities for training obstetricians and gynecologists to help identify new and better ways of treating women.
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