Highlight: Maternity Unit

Key features of the maternity unit include:

• 4 labour, delivery, recovery and post-partum (LDRP) rooms
  • 2 rooms with tubs for water births
  • 1 room is bariatric with a larger floor plan that can support twin births
• 3 ante/postpartum rooms
• Holding nursery with advanced equipment to support infants that need to be transferred to a higher level of care
• Quiet room for families and visitors
• Infant security system
• LDRP model of care allows patients to experience labour, delivery and postpartum stay in the same room

All rooms are private and include:

• Large windows for access to natural light
• Birthing bed and bedside table
• Infant area with a built-in isolette and warmer
• Rocker chair
• Pull out couch
• Small refrigerator
• Accessible and private 3-piece washroom
• Hand hygiene sink
• Interactive patient station/entertainment system
• Wardrobe

Download a copy of the DCDH Maternity Unit feature poster.

Design is ongoing and subject to change. Renderings are simulated views that are approximate and illustrative.