The Children's Hospital has begun the construction of a 10-story, 350,000-square-foot addition. The $230 million expansion of a new patient tower initially will have 124 beds, with two floors of shelled space for additional future beds, bringing the total number of patient beds at Children's to around 500 upon full completion. The expansion also is expected to bring approximately 500 new jobs to the hospital's workforce. Children's anticipates admitting patients in the LEED-certified tower beginning in late 2012.
“Children's is a healing place and all that we imagined for this hospital is coming to pass - a little earlier than we had anticipated”
"It's been incredibly fulfilling to know so many parents and primary care physicians entrust the care of their children to us," said Jim Shmerling, DHA, FACHE, president and CEO, The Children's Hospital. "We're honored to be given the privilege of meeting the needs of the region's children, whether that need is to fix a broken arm or treat a complex childhood disease."
Immediately following the September 2007 move to the Anschutz Medical Campus, Children's experienced a 10 percent jump in inpatient admissions - this double-digit trend has continued. In 2009, Children's touched the lives of more than 150,000 infants, children and teens, a record high with more than 12,800 inpatient visits and more than 452,000 outpatient visits throughout the year.