On Jan. 10, representatives from Novant Health gathered with members of the community to celebrate the completion of the new five-story, 193,000-square-foot south tower at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This multiphase construction project, initially launched in 2019, was designed to bring the latest in advanced surgical, heart and critical care services to the growing population in and around Forsyth County.
The bright and spacious first floor lobby is connected to Forsyth Medical Center’s surgical services department. The operating rooms at the hospital are also in the process of being remodeled and expanded to include the latest in advanced technology.
The Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute has also established a brand-new artificial heart pump program on the third floor of the new tower. There are only eight VAD programs in North Carolina. One of those programs is Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Additionally, this section of the tower can also now provide life support services for patients with lung or heart failure using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
The tower includes 59 critical care rooms and 36 medical-surgical rooms designed to offer scalable and multispecialty care, added privacy and abundant natural light. The tower also features an innovative procedure room located within the third-floor critical care unit. This will be the first fully integrated procedure room of its kind across any Novant Health medical center. In most cases, this integrated procedure room will allow critical care patients to receive all their care and treatment in one centralized location.
Each patient room is equipped with tele-ICU capabilities and a new interactive digital tool for patients to provide real-time feedback on the quality of care they are receiving in the hospital. Forsyth Medical Center has also recently redesigned its women’s and children’s center, renovated the hospital’s main cafeteria and installed a new central energy plant.
All building enhancements were constructed in coordination with the following partners: Vannoy Construction, Gresham Smith and McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture. While the tower is now complete and open to the public, interior renovations will continue through 2027.
