Antelope Valley Hospital today opened its new Women and Infants Pavilion, a $24.3 million complex on the southwest corner of the hospital’s Lancaster campus. The facility is an integrated birth and maternity center, with three modern operating suites, decorated patient rooms and a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit. It will also offer on-site classes and other resources for new families. The Pavilion will also utilize “couplet care,” in which a newborn is not separated from mother or taken to a nursery after birth. The project was developed in response to the region’s rapidly growing population, which has put increasing pressure on medical institutions. The 379-bed Antelope Valley Hospital has delivered 5,000 babies each year for the past several years.
