We’ve Got Some Big Plans!

Reinventing Pediatric Care In Florida

With a $65 million expansion program in the works, Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children is growing by leaps and bounds. Florida Hospital for Children has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan that will increase the number of beds from 155 to 200.

Expansion Plans

By 2010, the seven-story Children’s Hospital will have a total of 200 dedicated pediatric beds; a dedicated pediatric Emergency Department; Nicholson Center for Advanced Pediatric Surgery; and a wide range of destination pediatric programs.

Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children

• 15,000-square-foot addition
• New entrance, lobby, and three-level atrium for pediatric and women’s services designed by Walt Disney Imagineering

Pediatric Emergency Department

• 10,000-square-foot dedicated pediatric Emergency Department
• Nine private treatment rooms
• Interactive child-friendly technology
• Philips Ambient Experience Lighting

Renovation of Florida Hospital for Children Units

• Family lounges on each unit
• Flat screen TV in each room
• Family storage closet in each room
• Large windows to allow natural light in each room
• A healing environment utilizing open space, light, and a nature theme
• Ability to provide continuous cardio-respiratory monitoring
• Separate procedure rooms
• State-of-the-art equipment including specialty beds, cribs, and infant warmers
• Family-centered care
• 24-hour fully secured, locked units
• Pediatric physicians specially trained in emergency medicine available 24/7

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Expansion

• Additional private Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds.

The expansion will also allow the hospital to create an environment where even the sickest children can experience joy and happiness while they are in receiving care and recovering from illness or injury.