Mount Carmel St. Ann’s to upgrade spaces, implement new facilities

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Mount Carmel Health System announced plans on Wednesday to transform Mount Carmel St. Ann’s to improve the women’s health facilities and services.

Among the projects is to update the Nationwide Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to feature private rooms with shower facilities for families, along with traditional ward-style layouts. There will also be a new Mount Carmel Medical Group midwife practice to help expand access to holistic maternity care. 

The hospital system also plans to create a Ronald McDonald House respite space to help families with hospitalized newborns. 

The newborn nursery and the second and third floors will also receive upgrades that aim to improve functionality and family experience, Mount Carmel said, including a innovation low intervention birth unit. The unit will offer new suites on the first floor of the hospital that will have a “home-like, intervention-free birth experience for low-risk pregnancies,” the hospital system said.

“These new suites will be the ideal location for those seeking a comfortable, safe and natural birthing experience, while still having expert care and a NICU just steps away, if needed” said Erin Griggs, regional director of Women’s Health at Mount Carmel Health System. “This transformation reflects our ongoing commitment to excellence in women’s and newborn health.”

Renovations are expected to begin in the near future with upgraded spaces set to open in 2027.