Slideshow: Inside Memorial Hospital North’s $129M expansion

UCHealth hosted a grand opening ceremony Wednesday night for the completion of the $129 million expansion project at Memorial Hospital North at the intersection of Briargate Parkway and North Union Boulevard.

Joel Yuhas, president and CEO of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North, speaks Wednesday night during a grand opening celebration for the completion of the $129 million expansion project at Memorial Hospital North.

Joel Yuhas, president and CEO of Memorial Hospital Central and Memorial Hospital North, and Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum, chief nursing officer, give the opening remarks Wednesday night during a grand opening celebration for the completion of the $129 million expansion project at Memorial Hospital North.

The new tower at Memorial Hospital North includes 12 infusion chairs with views of Pikes Peak on the first floor in the cancer care department.

The pharmacy area on the first floor of the new tower at Memorial Hospital North has traditional pharmacy pickup windows as well as a ScriptCenter — an automated pharmacy kiosk that allows for prescription pickup when the pharmacy itself is closed.

An automated pharmacy kiosk called ScriptCenter is next to the new pharmacy on the first floor of the North Tower at Memorial Hospital North.

UCHealth employees give a tour of the new women’s services on the second and third floors of the North Tower at Memorial Hospital North. There are 24 mother/baby couplet rooms with support for newborns rooming in the mother/baby department.

The new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North has six high-risk antepartum rooms with views of Pikes Peak. The rooms provide additional space for short- and long-term care of women with complications in pregnancy.

Rooms in the new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North include couches that convert into twin beds for guests. The expanded women’s services also includes a nursery with: Level One nursery care; care for late-term babies; treatment room for infant procedures; and a mother’s milk donation depot.

The new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North has two large operating rooms for C-sections and a stabilization room for babies needing higher levels of care.

Mother/baby couplet rooms in the new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North include walk-in showers or large bathtubs. The expanded women’s pavilion also has maternal fetal medicine services on campus for consults and care.

The new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North has conference rooms where parenting and breastfeeding classes will be held.

New patient beds in the North Tower expansion at Memorial Hospital North feature a USB outlet for mothers to charge their electronic devices.

New patient beds in the North Tower expansion at Memorial Hospital North can be expanded for taller patients.

Rooms in the North Tower expansion at Memorial Hospital North feature iPads and Apple TV for patient entertainment education. Patients also will be able to check lab results and other communications with medical staff on the iPads.

Nursing stations are centrally positioned in the North Tower of the newly-expanded Memorial Hospital North.

The first baby born in the North Tower of the newly-expanded Memorial Hospital North will receive a variety of UCHealth goodies, including two folding chairs, a blanket and teddy bear.

A waiting room on the third floor of the new North Tower at Memorial Hospital North offers a view of Pikes Peak. UCHealth hosted a grand opening celebration for the expansion Wednesday evening. Patients are expected to start being seen at the facility Feb. 25.