Diamond Children's Medical Center Construction
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Diamond Children's Medical Center
public entry with illuminated sign and sculpture.
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East view - Main Entrance and new
medical center with illuminated
building signs facing Campbell Ave.
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Diamond Children’s Medical Center will occupy the upper three floors of the new six-floor tower currently under construction at UMC.
Children’s parents are actively involved in the design of the medical center to make it more comfortable for young patients and accessible for parents — from private bathrooms and showers, to comfortable sleeping beds, to laundry facilities. Designated “family spaces” will be located throughout the medical center; places for parents to use computers, grab a snack or search the internet. A meditation room will provide families time to reflect, pray or meditate, and a healing garden will provide respite for both patients and their families.
Special attention has been devoted to Diamond Children's architecture, design and “theming.” Medical center design was provided by NTD Architecture, construction by Kitchell Corporation, project management by The Innova Group, and “theming” design by nationally renowned Studio Productions.
 Floor and Section Details
- 116 beds; 100,000/square feet
- NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit): 36 beds;(located on the fourth floor)
The NICU will have special “nesting rooms” where parents can stay with their children long term, and, with the help of medical specialists, learn to simulate their home environment as they transition to provide care for their child at home.
- Medical/surgery rooms: 36 private rooms; sleeping bed for parents; shell space for future growth (located on the fifth floor)
- PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit): 20 private rooms with additional six-bed specialty unit; sleeping bed for parents;(located on the sixth floor)
- Hematology/Oncology: 12 private rooms (located on the sixth floor)
- BMT (Blood and Marrow Transplantation): six private rooms (located on the sixth floor)
- Separate entrance and lobby from University Medical Center
- 24 hours per day/7 days per week emergency rooom with pediatric care and support
- Pediatric playroom on each floor
- Teen activity room (will serve as a lounge in the evenings)
- Ronald McDonald Family Room
- Washer/dryer available for laundry
- Family room for parents and family members to rest, watch TV, read or use Internet
- Lactation room
- Wireless Internet access in all rooms
- Bathroom and shower in all rooms
- A stage for children to see performances, concerts, graduations or parties
- Library/classroom for children to receive tutoring and catch up on homework
- Meditation room
- Healing garden
- “World Class” room service available
- Children's gift shop
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