NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester opens newly renovated labor and delivery unit

On Tuesday, Jan. 7, NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester opened its newly renovated labor and delivery unit in Bronxville. The new unit enhances the care and comfort of mothers and their newborns in a fourth-floor space that includes six private, spacious birthing suites and 23 private, modern postpartum rooms.  Each of the postpartum rooms has a bathroom, shower, a comfortable bed for a partner and amenities to enhance the patient experience.

The new labor and delivery unit is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment, including artificial intelligence technology that analyzes fetal heart rate and other data related to the mother and baby’s condition. Wireless fetal monitoring, with sensors attached to the abdomen, enables patients to move around during labor. The unit has tubs to promote comfort during labor and nurses trained to support labor and birth with breathing and relaxation techniques. The unit also features two state-of-the-art operating rooms, a private triage suite and newborn safety systems while offering breastfeeding support, post-discharge lactation support groups and parent support groups.

“NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester’s new labor and delivery unit reflects our commitment to providing exceptional care to mothers, their newborns and the entire family close to home in Westchester,” said Paul J. Dunphey, senior vice president and chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester.

The OB-GYN team of physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia includes maternal-fetal medicine experts who care for high-risk pregnancies, and offers access to world-class specialists for mothers and babies.

“Every mother and baby deserve the highest quality of care, and we are enormously pleased to open this new unit with a fantastic team of Columbia physicians focused on providing a superb patient experience,” said  Mary D’Alton, M.D., obstetrician and gynecologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The labor and delivery unit renovation is part of NewYork-Presbyterian’s larger commitment to expanded care. NewYork-Presbyterian will open a state-of-the-art, multispecialty ambulatory care facility at 1111 Westchester Ave. in White Plains this year. This new facility will bring an even broader range of NewYork-Presbyterian’s ambulatory, primary, preventive and women’s health-care services to the community.

Founded 250 years ago by a royal charter from Great Britain’s King George III, NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated academic health-care systems, encompassing 10 hospitals across the Greater New York area, nearly 200 primary and specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of telemedicine services.

With 50,000 employees, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has a long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, from the invention of the Pap test to pioneering the groundbreaking heart valve replacement procedure called TAVR.

A leader in medical education as well, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is affiliated with  two medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine as well as Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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