Sanford Bismarck Family Birth Center renovations complete
Media contact:
Erin Horn
Senior Media Relations Specialist
701-516-4903 / erin.horn@sanfordhealth.org
BISMARCK, N.D. (Sept. 22, 2022) – Sanford Health recently completed the renovation of the Sanford Family Birth Center, located on the fifth floor of Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck. This renovation follows the opening of a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on the sixth floor of Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck that opened in July 2020.
Sanford’s new NICU in Bismarck is the only NICU in the region with private rooms, allowing parents and babies to stay in the same room. It also offers NicView, a new 24/7 video streaming service that helps families stay connected and watch their baby through a webcam in the baby’s crib. The NicView service was made possible through the Sanford Health Foundation.
“Since 2017, Sanford Bismarck has welcomed more than 7,000 babies,” said Maggie Seamands, executive director of inpatient services. “Every element of the newly renovated Family Birth Center has been uniquely designed to help make the experience as comfortable as possible for our patients and their families.”
The updated Family Birth Center consists of:
- 8 labor and delivery suites
- 17 post-partum rooms
- 2 c-section operating rooms
- Nursery with procedure room
- 1 triage room
- Updated family lounge
- Updated lobby
A virtual tour of the newly renovated Sanford Family Birth Center is available on the Sanford website: sanfordhealth.org/locations/Sanford-birth-center
The Sanford Bismarck region provides health care to central and western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northern South Dakota. It includes 21 clinics in Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Dickinson and Watford City, as well as a Level II trauma center located in Bismarck.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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