Los Angeles' Dignity Health — California Hospital Medical Center has opened a new patient tower.
Dignity Health — California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles has opened its new $215 million-plus patient tower that increases the CommonSpirit Health hospital's emergency footprint by about 50%.
Attendees gather for a Jan. 7 ribbon-cutting event for the tower.
Jill Welton, CommonSpirit market president, says the new Grand Tower significantly expands the medical center's emergency, trauma and maternal care services while also addressing critical gaps in health care for the 85,000 residents and 500,000 workers in downtown Los Angeles.
The emergency department expansion includes six trauma bays, 47 private exam rooms, dedicated pediatric rooms, family waiting rooms and new patient-facing digital systems that enable people to get real-time updates on patients' status. The hospital says the new facilities will increase the emergency department's capacity, reduce wait time, increase efficiency and decrease ambulance diversions.
Dr. Gudata Hinika, chief of trauma and general surgery for California Hospital Medical Center, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The new family birth center and neonatal intensive care unit have 28 private postpartum rooms, 24 private NICU rooms, three surgery suites, a pregnancy care center with birthing rooms, a children's play area in the waiting room, private consultation spaces and a water birthing suite.