Adventist Hinsdale Hospital schedules open house for new patient pavilion

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The new patient pavilion at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital is scheduled to open April 1. A public open house for those interested in seeing the facility is slated for March 25. | Photo courtesy of Adventist Hinsdale Hospital

Updated: March 10, 2012 8:07AM

The public is invited to see the newly-built $75 million patient pavilion at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, just prior to when patients will be brought into the facility.

Hospital officials have scheduled an open house from noon to 5 p.m. March 25, said Lisa Parro, senior public relations specialist, Adventist Midwest Health.

“This will be the only time the public can come and take a look at the new space without patients being in the rooms,” Parro said. “We’ll provide shuttles from parking areas and have some family-type events at the open house.”

Parro said the 18-month construction of the new patient pavilion is being completed on schedule. Patients are scheduled to be moved to the area during the final week of March, with a planned April 1 official opening.

Included in the new patient pavilion are 135 new private patient rooms with many home-like amenities, a new patient entrance on the south wing and a large lobby area with natural light. A new covered driveway on Oak Street will provide easier access to patient services and registration along with some protection from inclement weather.

Other features of the project include newly-designed patient units that bring caregivers closer to the bedside with ultra-modern workstations and improve patient privacy with patient-only corridors.

There will be a new critical-care unit and surgical services department, plus a bright and spacious lobby and a new chapel.

“The goal of the pavilion is to have everything patients use right here,” said Susan King, executive director of the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation. “We want it to be as easy as possible for everyone who comes here.”

BettySue Netzel, a registered nurse who is the hospital’s director of women’s and children’s services, sees a huge upside to the new patient pavilion.

“We’re stressed when we’re in a different environment; we need peace and quiet for healing,” she said. “The setup here will allow for that much better.”