麻豆果冻传媒

March 3, 2025

PALO ALTO, Calif.鈥�Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford, the cornerstone of 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, is proud to announce a newly renovated 16 bed unit within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services. The new Axe and Blaise Wanstrath Neonatal Intensive Care Unit features 14 new rooms鈥�12 private rooms and two semiprivate rooms with beds that can accommodate newborn twins鈥攄esigned to enhance the care and comfort of newborns, mothers, and dedicated health care staff.

Paul A. King, CEO of 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, emphasized the importance of continual advancement. 鈥淲e focus on the comfort of our patients and families across our entire organization. This new patient unit is evidence of our unwavering commitment to family-centered care, ensuring that every mother and newborn experience the highest quality start to life and their lifetime.鈥�

Packard Children鈥檚, recognized as a 鈥�high performing鈥� and top children鈥檚 hospital in the nation, remains steadfast in its mission to deliver premier maternity care for pregnant women and their infants, with top-tier obstetric, neonatal, and developmental medicine services all under one roof.

A nurturing environment

Families have started moving into the new state-of-the-art unit, where the private and semiprivate patient rooms provide the quiet environment proven to be more conducive to recovery and development.

鈥淭hese new rooms are designed to offer a serene, nurturing atmosphere for newborns and their mothers, especially for our littlest newborns, who need a different kind of protective care than babies who are just a few weeks older,鈥� said Lawrence Prince, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine. 鈥淭he updated unit has adapted our protocols to meet these fragile babies鈥� unique medical and developmental needs and support their families at every step of their health care journey.鈥�

Packard Children鈥檚 has also enhanced the unit鈥檚 capabilities to provide care for critically ill newborns who need emergent surgery, dialysis for kidney failure, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (), which circulates and oxygenates a baby鈥檚 blood if their heart or lungs are not working properly. 鈥淔or newborns with critical illness, ECMO is often the therapy of last resort and is often lifesaving,鈥� said Prince. 鈥淭he new rooms allow babies to recover peacefully with their families beside them, minimizing the stress of shared spaces.鈥�

New Infant Nutrition Lab

The hospital also opened a new Infant Nutrition Lab, where human milk is prepared and fortified. Managed by Clinical Food Services and operated by infant feeding technicians, the lab centralizes storage and preparation of human milk, adhering to best practices. This ensures that babies receive tailored nutrition and allows mothers to provide expressed milk without interrupting time with their newborns.

Renowned as a leading children鈥檚 hospital in the nation, Packard Children鈥檚 remains devoted to its mission of providing exceptional maternity care. Looking ahead, the next phase of renovations will update the remaining NICU units with shared patient rooms, and by summer 2025, the hospital plans to open a new maternity unit, antepartum unit, and the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases. Funding for this project was supported by generous philanthropic contributions.

Media Contact

Elizabeth Valente
麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health Media/PR Manager
EValente@StanfordChildrens.org
(650) 269-5401

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