New Women’s Pavilion
In early 2005, Hospital officials announced that construction now is underway on the first phase of the project, the new 78,000-square-foot Metropolitan Methodist Women’s Pavilion. After the completion of the pavilion, the renovation will continue with an expansion of the emergency department, cardiology, and acute care beds to space vacated by women’s services. Hospital services will continue uninterrupted during the construction. With the opening of the new pavilion, the number of newborn babies who can be cared for each month at the hospital will increase from 250 to 450. Methodist Healthcare, through Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and Methodist Hospital in the Medical Center, delivers more babies in San Antonio than any other area hospital system. Metropolitan Methodist staff and physicians deliver more than 3,000 babies a year.
The Metropolitan Methodist Women’s Pavilion includes seven antepartum beds, 16 labor-and-delivery suites, 48 postpartum beds, a 16-bed neonatal intensive care unit and a newborn nursery. The new facility features easy access for maternity patients with a dedicated drive-up entrance and separate admitting/registration in the new building. The Metropolitan Methodist Women’s Pavilion officially opened it’s doors in September, 2005.
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