Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital is preparing to open its expanded neonatal intensive care unit, according to NBC Connecticut.
The new NICU occupies the top two floors of the hospital and features 68 patient rooms that are more accommodating for the families of patients. There are eight rooms designated for couplet care, which allow mothers to stay in the same room as their newborns.
There is also a space that allows surgeons to perform procedures on babies who are not able to be moved.
"So that if a baby is really fragile and our surgeons don't want move the baby bound into the operating room, they'll have the option of performing even major procedures here on the unit," said Mark Mercurio, MD, the hospital's director of newborn services, according to NBC Connecticut.
The NICU will begin treating newborn babies Jan. 30.