"The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will open the world's first comprehensive medical unit for mothers carrying a fetus with a known birth defect on May 20, 2008. The Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit will offer comprehensive medical care, from prenatal diagnosis through delivery to mother-infant care. Patients will be admitted starting in early June.
The new eight-bed labor and delivery unit will allow Children's Hospital's experts in fetal and cardiac medicine and surgery to provide comprehensive, seamless care from diagnosis, delivery, necessary interventions through postnatal follow-up. The Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit will feature a welcome center, concierge service, private rooms, and round-the-clock care provided by obstetricians, nurse-midwives and the most highly experienced nurses.
The Special Delivery Unit is named for the Garbose Family in recognition of a major gift from William and Lynne Garbose to support Children's Hospital's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment."
