2024 Children's of Alabama/UAB Annual Report

Growth & Technology

Children’s Begins Construction of Quarterbacking Children’s Health Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Children’s of Alabama announced that the Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation committed $3 million to help relocate and expand the hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Construction began in 2024 on the project, which involves building out the Benjamin Russell hospital building’s 12th floor— previously a shelled space—to serve as a 50-bed unit that will have the flexibility to meet the needs of both critical care patients and lower acuity patients. In recognition of the foundation’s gift, the unit will be named the Quarterbacking Children’s Health Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. As part of this project, Children’s also will be able to update intensive care rooms and bring in the latest technology designed to care for patients on the unit. Construction is expected to be completed in 2026.

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