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New Dayton Children’s Hospital patient tower built with family input

Photo gallery offers first look at new facility


Dayton Children’s Hospital new eight-story patient tower was built with input from patients and families, according to an article and photo gallery on the Dayton Daily News website.

“We’re different than an adult hospital,” Children’s president and CEO Deb Feldman said in the article. “We’re thinking about the child and the parent.”

The $168 million investment in the new tower adds to a building boom that in recent years has led to hospital construction projects from one end of the Miami Valley to the other.

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June 7, 2017



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