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Dallas Magazine, By Will Maddox, September 22, 2023 

 

Families wouldn’t be faulted for thinking they walked into a luxury hotel when they deliver in the newly renovated Margot Perot Center for Women and Infants at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. The $60 million enlarged rooms, reconfigured space, and added amenities for families before, during, and after childbirth.

The main lobby features a hanging sculpture honoring the mothers and babies that will be born in the space called “Delivering Miracles” by Houston artist Ed Wilson. 

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The renovated admitting space was built with hospitality in mind, with private lounge areas and direct access to triage and the operating room should the mother-to-be need immediate intervention. There is also an 18-20-bed modernized high-risk pregnancy unit and an 84-bed neonatal intensive care unit. The facility includes a maternal and neonatal transport team, surgical operating suites, a dedicated pediatric outpatient clinic, and the Peggy Bell Diagnostic Imaging Center.

“The facilities give it more of a hotel experience. Having a baby can be an anxious time, but it is also one of the most incredible experiences you’ll ever encounter in your life,” says Texas Health Dallas President Chris York. “We want it to be in an environment where people can be comfortable, enjoy the moment, take it all in, and reflect on those life-changing experiences.”

“The Margo Perot Center has been the birthplace of over 150,000 tiny little Texans,” says York, who took the helm of the hospital in May. “Our objective is to create the next generation of facility to care for the next 150,000 that are going to be born.”