Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth announced the expansion of its Jane and John Justin Tower, including women\u2019s health facilities improvements.<\/p>\n
The hospital will add four floors atop the existing tower, the top two of which will be home to the Jane and John Justin Center for Women & Infants. The center will include the labor and delivery department, a nursery, operating rooms and other care spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn relocating Women\u2019s Services to Justin Tower, mothers will still receive the comprehensive and quality care they\u2019ve come to expect from Texas Health but in a modern, comfortable environment with enhanced amenities, larger accommodations and stunning panoramic views of the city,\u201d said Jared Shelton, Texas Health Fort Worth president, in a news release.<\/p>\n
The bottom two new floors will be shell space reserved for the hospital\u2019s future needs.<\/p>\n
Justin Tower\u2019s additional floors are expected to be completed in 2029. The tower will continue to operate throughout construction.<\/p>\n
The obstetrics emergency department, currently located on the ground floor of Bloxom Tower, will be moved to Justin Tower\u2019s ground floor and have its own entrance.<\/p>\n
The hospital is also expanding its neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU. With an expected opening in 2030, the expansion will add 32 NICU beds, bringing the total to 86. The NICU will remain in the Texas Health Harris Jones Tower to maintain proximity to the hospital\u2019s skybridge to Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center.<\/p>\n
The hospital is also building out existing shell space on the fourth and fifth floors of Justin Tower to add 71 patient rooms and a surgical trauma progressive care unit, expected to open later this year. The unit will serve as a space for \u201cpatients recovering from traumatic injuries or surgeries\u201d and need care at a higher level than a general unit but a lower level than the intensive care unit, according to the news release.<\/p>\n
This growth comes among other expansion projects at Texas Health Resources hospitals across Tarrant County. The hospital system\u2019s southwest Fort Worth location is building a new five-story tower<\/a>. Texas Health is also building a new hospital<\/a> in Willow Park.<\/p>\n McKinnon Rice is the health reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Her position is supported by a grant from Texas Health Resources. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n