(Providence, RI) – Women & Infants Hospital is thrilled to announce The Campaign to Deliver Our Future has successfully exceeded its $35 million campaign goal. The campaign, an unprecedented initiative, began in 2021 to build a 20-room labor & delivery center and establish a Women’s Health Research Institute.
The Brown University Labor & Delivery Center at Women & Infants Hospital will be completed by the end of December 2024. Patients will begin delivering babies in Spring 2025 and the ceremonial ribbon cutting is scheduled for May 2.
The new building features the latest medical technology, modern design, and improved workspace for clinical staff. The space also enhances interdisciplinary clinical collaboration and education. Patients will benefit from doubled labor room sizes, all with private baths. The unit will also offer no-intervention rooms and accommodate a range of birthing options patients desire, including an alongside unit.
Most importantly, the new unit is designed to improve patient outcomes and provide an equitable birthing environment for all women across the region who rely on this Hospital to deliver their babies.
"This campaign was the result of a vision to reimagine the obstetric experience and make the birthing environment commensurate with the exceptional medical care at Women & Infants Hospital. This will impact Rhode Island families for generations to come,” said Judith Remondi, Campaign Chair, Care New England Board Member, and Grateful Patient. “Our generous community embraced this extraordinary goal and passionately supported this critical community asset. I’m thrilled to have been a part of this initiative."
Women & Infants Hospital is a leader in quality specialty patient care, research, innovation, and education. It delivers 80% of babies in Rhode Island and transforms lives through research discoveries, including international areas of study.
“With this bold vision for our future, Women & Infants Hospital has undergone one of its most ambitious fundraising campaigns to date,” said Shannon R. Sullivan, president and COO, Women & Infants Hospital. “We built this labor and delivery space with input from our patients and staff, including designing a mock-up room with whiteboards to collect feedback. It was immensely important to us that we listened to the team to enable us to construct a better-designed birth center.”
Michael Wagner, MD, president and CEO, Care New England, noted, “The Brown University Labor & Delivery Center will be a place of joy and celebration and ensure the highest quality of care for every member of the community. We are so thankful to the many donors and community members who have made this facility possible.”
About Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation’s leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. A major teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women’s medicine, Women & Infants is the ninth largest stand-alone obstetrical service in the country and the largest in New England with approximately 8,700 deliveries per year. Women & Infants is a Designated Baby-Friendly® USA hospital and was recently ranked by Newsweek as one of America's Best Maternity Hospitals in 2024. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ranked 11 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Medical Schools specialty ranking.
Women & Infants has been designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiography; a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology; and a Neonatal Resource Services Center of Excellence. It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high-risk and normal obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics in the nation, and is a member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, and Pelvic Floors Disorders Network, as well as the National Cancer Institute’s Gynecologic Oncology Group.