Pregnant women in South Placer County can breathe a sigh of relief with next week's opening of Kaiser Permanente's new Women and Children's Center in Roseville.
Previously, expectant mothers had to drive to the Kaiser facility on Morse Avenue, the closest location for members in the Roseville area.
Kaiser has about 188,000 members in South Placer, and officials estimate 5,000 babies will be delivered in the new center each year.
The $150 million facility, one of the region's largest, will host an open house Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Roseville Medical Center campus, 1600 Eureka Way. Visitors can tour the center, which will open to patients on Tuesday.
The new center brings under one roof in-patient pediatrics, pediatric specialties, neonatal intensive care, and labor and delivery services. It will feature private suites, each with its own fold-out bed for a family member and flat-screen TV.
Among other features:
• 24 private maternity suites and 60 private postpartum recovery rooms.
• 48-bed neonatal intensive care unit to care for babies born prematurely or with serious problems.
• A 32-bed pediatric unit and 10-bed pediatric intensive care unit, staffed by specialists.
To foster a spirit of family-focused care, mother and baby can room together until they leave for home, and visiting hours are unlimited.
With the opening of the birthing center and a new medical office building later this month, there will be about 4,300 employees working for the hospital in Roseville.
That makes the hospital the largest employer in Placer County and the largest private sector employer in the greater Sacramento area. For information about the open house, call (916) 784-5828.
Call The Bee's Ramon Coronado, (916) 773-6866.
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