The Kootenai County Medical Center in northern Idaho plans to build a three-story addition that will provide a new area to care for mothers and babies.
Officials say the $30 million Women’s and Children’s Center is still in the design phase. Don Soltman, the hospital’s vice president, says the 52,000-square-foot addition will be built on the east side of the main hospital.
Kim Anderson, a company spokeswoman, says the design includes comments made by women who gave birth at the medical center as well as staff at the hospital.
Construction could start in April and be finished within 20 months. (AP)