First phase of renovations done at Yokota hospital

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First phase of renovations done at Yokota hospital
By Bryce S. Dubee, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, January 29, 2008

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Expectant mothers at Yokota are experiencing a more comfortable and modern environment at the hospital here.

Three new Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum rooms opened in December, marking the completion of the first phase of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar modernization project at Yokota’s hospital, officials said.

“The whole concept was to have it not feel like a hospital room and to feel more like a home,” said Maj. Megela Campbell, Element Chief of Family Care.

She explained that the LDRP rooms are designed to be “one stop shops” in which a mother can deliver her baby and recover without having to move rooms.

Built into the rooms’ armoire-style furniture are baby-monitoring and neonatal emergency equipment. The rooms also have their own supply closet which means hospital staff members don’t have to keep leaving the room during the delivery.


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