Jennie Sealy Hospital
Jennie Sealy Hospital opened in April 2016. The new facility is designed to offer advanced health care services to patients in a soothing, healing environment that supports state-of-the-art training for future health professionals.
Patient rooms have beautiful views of the Gulf of Mexico or Galveston Bay. All patient rooms have been designed to provide a team-based, patient- and family-centered approach to patient care.
Hospital Fast Facts
- $438 million investment
- 765,000 square feet with 12 floors
- 25 foot elevation above sea level
- 310 total patient rooms
- (285 square feet each room)
- 60 ICU Rooms
- 16 full nurse stations on patient floors (8-11)
- 220 decentralized nurse stations on patient floors (8-11)
- 16 physician work rooms
- 10 family waiting areas
- 20 operating suites and intraoperative MRI capability
- 28 day surgery rooms
Patient Rooms
- Universally sized rooms to accommodate all levels of care
- Hand-washing sink in each room
- Private patient restrooms (ADA-compliant)
- Dedicated family refrigerator in each room
- Two televisions in each room for patient and family
- Locking drawer for valuables in each room
- Sofa bed in each room for an overnight guest
- Patient lifts
- Distinct zones for staff, patients and families
Hospital Design
- Evidence-based design principles applied
- Abundant natural light in patient rooms and corridors
- Two family/physician consultation rooms per floor
- Two family shower rooms per floor
- Dedicated private physician/resident team areas
- Two on-call physician sleep rooms with showers per floor
- Four isolation rooms per floor
- Two conference rooms for multi- disciplinary teaching and patient care conferences per floor
- Dedicated bariatric patient rooms (with patient lifts and bariatric-capacity restrooms)
Future Expansion
- 55,340 square feet shelled on level 6— diagnostics
- 55,340 square feet shelled on level 12— future patient rooms