An April or early May 2015 dedication is planned for new Shriners Hospital For Children in St. Louis.
The $50 million, 90,000-square-foot specialty hospital on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine (corner of Clayton and Newstead) is located on 3.75 acres overlooking Interstate 64 (dubbed Healthcare Highway).
The new hospital include 12 inpatient beds, three surgical suites, and 18 clinic examination rooms. It also features enhanced space for its clinical research center for metabolic bone diseases and more room for same-day surgery patients. Other additions to benefit patients are nine rooms for outpatient family housing, a state of the art interactive and educational activity area and dedicated space for collaborative research with Washington University scientists.
The St. Louis hospital's service area spans nine states and is supported by 21 Shrine Temples. The next nearest Shriners Hospital For Children is in Chicago.
