Le Bonheur is Growing Up

• New hospital to break ground in February 2008
• $327 million
• 12 floors
• Dedicated to patient and family-centered care - including large, single patient rooms, family lounges and abundant natural light
• Nearly 1-million-square-foot campus
• Most technologically advanced hospital in the region
• Renovation of the existing lobby and cafeteria to become a state-of-the-art conference and education center as well as a medical library
• Renovation of the current West Patient Tower to include parent sleep rooms, a sleep lab, dialysis, a hospital laboratory and two and a half floors of research space
• New building scheduled completion 2010
• Raised more than $ 79 million - as of November 2007

New Hospital Capabilities

• 144 medical surgical beds
• 30 neonatal intensive care unit beds
• 20 pediatric intensive care unit beds
• 10 cardiovascular intensive care unit beds
• Expansion space for additional ICU and medical surgical beds as needed
• 14 operating rooms with expansion capability to 15
• Expanded Emergency Department
• Space to allow for future growth

Demolition

• Demolition takes 20 weeks
• Approximately 27,000 cubic yards of building material will be hauled away from the site
• The Memphis Mental Health Institute buildings and plaza are approximately 362,000 square feet
• The site is 5.15 acres
• The wrecking ball used for the demolition ceremony weighs three tons