Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital broke ground on its new Women’s
Center on June 29. The project is funded by Measure L, which was
passed by San Benito County voters in May 2005.
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital broke ground on its new Women’s Center on June 29. The project is funded by Measure L, which was passed by San Benito County voters in May 2005.
Designed by HFP Architects, the three-story building will house childbirth services, mammography and bone densitometry services and a resource library.
Phase I includes the development of the 8,100-square-foot first floor. Entering through a two-story atrium lobby, families will be admitted to one of 13 private, modern Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum rooms (LDRPs). These rooms are designed for families to enjoy the birth of a new child while remaining in the same home-like environment for the duration of their stay. Each room has a private bathroom and furnishings designed for the family to remain with mom and baby.
The center will be equipped with a full service, 400-square-foot operating theater should cesarean section be necessary.
Two nurses’ stations will allow staff to be readily available and to monitor all activity on the unit. A newborn nursery is available if needed. This unit is designed to be the facility of choice for mother-baby care in the region.
The second floor will house the McCullough Resource Library, physician sleep rooms and space for Phase II which will include a state of the art mammography center also offering bone desitometry.
The anticipated date of completion is 18 months from start of construction
