AdventHealth for Women


AdventHealth for Women is a non-profit hospital in Orlando, Florida, United States that is adjacent to AdventHealth Orlando.

History

In late September 2012, Florida Hospital announced that it would have a building constructed at Florida Hospital Orlando for women's health.
On January 9, 2013, Florida Hospital had a groundbreaking for a 12-story, 400,000-square-foot women's hospital, at Florida Hospital Orlando for $210 million. They wore pink hard hats and pink stethoscopes, while they used pink shovels to dig into soil dyed pink.
Brasfield & Gorrie was hired to build the women's hospital and HKS, Inc. was hired to design it.
In early November 2014, there was a topping out for Florida Hospital for Women.
On January 11, 2016, there was a ribbon cutting ceremony and it began treating patients on January 24.
AdventHealth for Women was expected to treat 20,000 women in its first year.
Florida Hospital for Women was constructed in two phases: Phase one for young women, babies, for heart and breast cancer treatment. Phase two for oncology, surgery and neurological [intensive care unit].

The babies

To celebrate the release of Star Wars: [The Rise of Skywalker], the hospital dressed up the babies as characters from the films. Such as BB-8, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Rey, Yoda.

Visitors

On Star Wars Day the 501st Legion came to the hospital, and visited patients dressed as Darth Vader and stormtroopers.

Wedding

In early May 2024, a pregnant woman got married at the hospital in a bed sheet, while she was in induced labor due to respiratory syncytial virus.