What's the Need?

There’s a reason nearly 8,000 babies are born at Swedish each year. Their moms and dads come for the excellent care and warm, comfortable surroundings. They also know that if their babies need any extra help in the days after their birth, Swedish has the technology and expert caregivers right down the hall at the most experienced Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the state.

The Level III NICU has increased Swedish’s capacity for taking care of premature and other seriously ill newborns by adding 15 new NICU beds.

In this truly state-of-the-art facility, expertly trained staff will watch over our tiniest and most fragile patients around the clock with one nurse assigned to every baby.

Thanks to generous donor support over $1.5 million was raised to expand the capacity of the NICU.