HANFORD – Adventist Health announced plans to build a new $40 million Family Birth Center to provide obstetrics and delivery services for Kings County families.
The Adventist Health corporate board in Roseville, Calif., approved funding for the project on Feb. 11, and groundbreaking is expected to occur this year for the 49,000-square-foot center that will be built adjacent to Adventist Medical Center – Hanford. It will replace the current birth center at Central Valley General Hospital on Douty Street in Hanford.
“We’re excited to announce a new birthplace for Kings County families,” said Adventist Health / Central Valley Network president and CEO Wayne Ferch, today. “The Family Birth Center helps us serve our region as a resource for starting healthy and happy families.”
Features of the new facility include:
All private rooms
34 beds for mothers
6 neonatal intensive care beds
New equipment and technology
Two operating rooms
Design focused on the patient’s experience
The new center is also expected to help attract physicians to the region. Currently, about six babies are born every day at Central Valley General Hospital. Project funding will be provided through private gifts and Adventist Health, requiring no public taxes.