The University of Louisville's health care system opened its latest addition to its downtown medical campus Dec. 3, a seven-story West Tower with new facilities for patients and amenities for visitors.

The $186 million facility that began construction in 2022 is the "hospital's new front door," officials said, providing "significant upgrades" for those in need of UofL Health's services. The West Tower expands UofL Hospital's patient capacity with new inpatient rooms and a 24-bed observation unit "to ease demand on one of Kentucky's busiest emergency departments." There are also six operating rooms and additional space for observation beds on the inpatient floors.

Visitors to the West Tower can access a two-story atrium, concierge desk, chapel, coffee shop and gift shop. The seven-story

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