Connecticut Children's hospital opens landmark $326M expansion

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Nearly three years after construction began , Connecticut Children’s Thursday marked the opening of a $326 million clinical tower that will double the size of its flagship Hartford campus — the largest expansion in its 29-year history — allowing the hospital to push deeply into fetal care from its traditional pediatric care roots.

The eight-story tower houses a fetal care center — already launched by the hospital — that will provide care to expectant mothers whose babies may need surgery before they are born. The center includes six private rooms, a private elevator for the mothers, and a massive operating room that can accommodate up to 40 clinicians at one time because both the unborn child and the mother are involved in the surgery.

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