Construction has started for Methodist Hospital’s Women’s Hospital at 192nd Street and West Dodge Road. Upon completion, it will be the first hospital dedicated to women’s health services in the region. The estimated cost to build the 116-bed, 289,000-square-foot facility is $120 million. 

Susan Korth, the new hospital’s chief operating officer, will oversee construction, implementation of services and the hiring of personnel.  She brings more than 20 years of clinical and medical management experience to the position. Steve Goeser, President and CEO of Methodist Hospital, said the five-story structure is the first phase of development at the site and will include space for a wide range of health care services for women. Much of Methodist Health System’s obstetrics and gynecology services will be transferred to the new facility. 

Some of the amenities include all private rooms, family space, green space, hotel-style room service, decentralized patient check-in and decentralized nursing stations. The 28 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds planned for the hospital should help alleviate the area’s shortage of such beds.

Since the original announcement to build the women’s hospital in December 2005, physicians and staff from throughout Methodist Health System have provided input on the design and clinical services to be offered at the new facility.