COLUMBUS – Nationwide Children’s Hospital is embarking on the most strategic plan of its 129-year history, anchored by a new hospital tower.
The hospital Tuesday announced today a five-year, $3.3 billion investment that includes a 12-story hospital tower and expanded research facilities for cutting-edge research aimed at “transforming health outcomes for children locally and around the world.”
The hospital plans to focus on clinical care and research to ensure children are receiving the most advanced therapies possible for their conditions, including a new fetal medicine program to help infants who need treatment in the womb.
Planned new facilities will include a second 12-story inpatient hospital tower, a new orthopedics and surgery center and new research facilities.
The hospital will expand programs addressing inequities in health care through its Stand Against Racism and Stand for Health Equity plan to improve access to health care for children and families in underserved populations.
Partners For Kids will support care for children served by Medicaid in more than half of Ohio counties.
There are plans for further expansion in behavioral health research.