The North Tower Expansion will allow the hospital to grow to 215 beds from its current 124 beds and will house a new, comprehensive Women and Children’s Center including labor and delivery, a well baby nursery, neonatal intensive care services, as well as general wellness and diagnostics to provide a continuum of care for women - all in one place.

A focal point of the North Tower expansion will be the Cardiovascular Services.  Cardiology care is currently provided in various areas throughout the hospital.  The creation of the Heart Center will allow these services to be grouped together, allowing for easier transitions between care, analysis, procedure and recovery.  Additionally, HMC’s Critical Care Unit will be expanded to meet the growing demands for care.

The new facility will also include an enhanced Outpatient Diagnostic Services Center and existing space will be renovated and redesigned in the current hospital building.

Henry Medical Center
North Tower Expansion
Fact Sheet

Henry Medical Center has received state approval to move forward with plans for the largest expansion in the hospital's history.

• The $60 million expansion project began with a groundbreaking in May 2004 and will take approximately 28 months to complete.

• The expansion will include construction of a five-story, 202,000-square-foot tower containing beds for general medical-surgical care, intensive care, postpartum care, and neonatal intensive care and cardiology services.

• As part of the expansion, an additional 91 patient beds will be added bringing total bed capacity to 215.

• Cardiology services will be relocated in the new building combining services such as the cardiac catheterization lab, nuclear medicine, electrocardiograms and stress testing.

• The project also includes expanded services for women and children. The expanded center will accommodate prenatal services, labor and delivery, gynecological services and the normal and intensive care nurseries. The number of labor and delivery rooms will double from six to 12. The newborn nursery will grow from 14 to 24 beds and the intermediate neonatal care will expand from six to eight beds.

• A dedicated Ortho/Neuro unit

• The expansion gives the hospital the opportunity to create labor and delivery units with the look and amenities that women expect from a maternity unit.

• The new construction will substantially change the look of Henry Medical Center. The new structure will face Hospital Drive as the campus is entered from Rock Quarry Road and provide a new, dedicated entrance for hospital services.

• Henry County's population has grown 445 percent since the hospital opened in 1979.

• Newborn deliveries average five a day, and that figure is expected to double by 2007.

• Outpatient services will be consolidated making it easier for patients to access services.