Stanford Children’s receives $100M gift for $800M labor and delivery project

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has received a $100 million gift from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to advance its obstetric and neonatal facilities.

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The Palo Alto, Calif., hospital is part of Stanford Children’s Health.

The modernized labor and delivery unit will allow for 20 percent more births at the hospital, according to a news release. It will also have a dedicated unit for high-risk mothers.

The $800 million project is slated for completion by the end of 2028. Key elements of the effort include:

  • 14 private labor rooms
  • Nine private antepartum rooms
  • 51 private postpartum rooms
  • 64 private neonatal intensive care unit rooms
  • Three new obstetric operating rooms

The foundation has given a total of $614 million to the hospital, the release said.

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