New Labor & Delivery Triage Unit, Admitting and Waiting Areas To Enhance the Labor and Delivery Experience for Expectant Moms

WHAT: Methodist Hospital is unveiling a new entrance to its Women’s Services area. The Central Tower of the hospital will now feature a newly remodeled lobby with modern design elements and include an eight-bed labor & delivery triage unit, a designated labor & delivery admitting area, and a spacious waiting area. Media personality Siobhain Anders, one of the first babies to be born at Methodist Hospital, will serve as mistress of ceremonies and unveil a photo of herself that will be hung on the hospital history wall. Methodist Women’s Health has been the trusted source for area women for many years. More than 11,000 babies are born at Methodist Healthcare facilities each year.

WHEN: Thursday, September 10 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Methodist Hospital, Central Tower Lobby.

VISUALS AND INTERVIEWS:

• Media personality Siobhain Anders will join hospital administrators in unveiling her photo on the hospital history wall as one of the first babies born at Methodist Hospital. She is shown leaving the hospital in a Christmas stocking and hat in 1964.
• Mark McLoone, CEO of Methodist Children’s Hospital, and Ramiro Cavazos, president and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will join Anders and other hospital officials in cutting the ribbon to officially open the lobby.

  MEDIA CONTACTS: Shirley Wills, 210-822-2378/365-4488 (cell)- Palmira Arellano, 210-575-0172 - JoAnn King, 210-575-0171