Nemours Children's Health is investing $400 million to expand its hospitals and programs to both its hospitals in Delaware and Florida. The company says the plans demonstrate its investment in transforming the health of children in the states it serves, and beyond.
Investing more than $130 million in the Delaware hospital’s buildings and programs, this is the largest one-year capital investment in Delaware in the company's history. Plans include:
- A groundbreaking maternal and fetal health program, expanding the Advanced Delivery Program (which provides advanced care for high-risk newborns and their mothers) to include new labor and delivery suites, antepartum and postpartum rooms, and operating rooms for both fetal and maternal care.
- Expansion of cancer, neonatology and cardiology care. The Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders will feature a family-centered design with beautiful views and greatly expanded care, allowing immediate and long-term impacts in treatment and research. The hospital is expanding other specialty programs throughout the hospital as well.
- Revitalization of the historic Alfred I. duPont Institute building. Nemours' first and time-honored building is being beautifully redone as an administrative office building, both honoring its legacy and repurposing it for modern use.
According to Nemours President and CEO Dr. R. Lawrence Moss, “These capital investments build on Alfred I. duPont’s legacy of stewardship, and our strong financial position helps further Nemours Children’s vision to create the healthiest generations of children in Delaware and beyond.”
In Florida, Nemours currently serves more than 300,000 children and teens. And, as the fastest-growing state in America, Florida will soon have an even higher need for pediatric services. So, Nemours is investing $300 million in expansions to existing buildings as well as new facilities to grow our hospital to allow it to serve more families. Planned expansions include:
- A 11,000-square-foot hospital expansion. This will double the size of the Emergency Department, increase space for the Imaging Department, and add new hospital beds, and observation rooms.
- A new 75,000-square-foot center. This will add new operating rooms, new patient exam rooms, and space for our rapidly growing orthopedics program, including a new International Limb Correction Center and a new Gait and Motion Analysis Lab — the first and only accredited in Florida — as well as an expansion of our Sports Medicine program.
- A new 75,000-square-foot administrative building. This new building will feature much-needed office space, and a new 800-space parking garage.
According to Martha McGill, MBA, MHA, President, Central Florida, “This investment is designed to care for more children, many of whom require highly complex care. It also directly aligns with our broader mission to reimagine children’s health to keep them well beyond medicine.”