A New Concept in Women's Health CareWelcome to Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, an extraordinary facility designed to serve the unique healthcare needs of women and babies in a caring, family-centered environment. Winnie Palmer Hospital is a 285-bed hospital facility located in Orlando, Florida, and is a part of Orlando Health. Our 11-story hospital provides complete women’s care from obstetrics and high-risk births to gynecological services and is one of the largest birthing centers in the United States. The hospital offers 30 labor and delivery rooms, a high-risk maternity unit, post-partum and high-risk ante-partum units and a Triage Unit for women’s emergency and urgent care. Winnie Palmer Hospital also includes the Hughes Fetal Diagnostic Center, which offers Ultrasounds, Targeted Sonogram, Diabetic and Nutrition Counseling, Genetic Counseling, Fetal Echocardiogram. The hospital also offers a number of childbirth and parenting classes, and provides a number of consultation services to new families. Annually, more than 14,500 babies are born at Winnie Palmer Hospital, making it the busiest labor and delivery unit in the state of Florida and one of the busiest in the nation.
Winnie Palmer Hospital is also home to one of the largest Level III (highest level) Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in the nation. The 112-bed NICU at Winnie Palmer Hospital offers specialized care for high-risk critically ill newborns. Each baby is cared for by a multidisciplinary team educated organized to provide the level of care that premature or critically ill newborns need. Winnie Palmer Hospital offers ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation) machines, highly specialized equipmentthat does the work of the baby’s heart and lungs, for premature newborns. The hospital also operates the area’s only Mobile NICU, a large ambulance-like vehicle, used to transport critically ill babies to Winnie Palmer Hospital. The Mobile NICU vehicle was donated by Children's Miracle Network when the hospital opened in 2006. Winnie Palmer Hospital also offers a number of women’s services and surgeries, including minimally invasive surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System.
The comfort of our patients is the cornerstone upon which the hospital was built. Special attention has been placed on creating a soothing, healing environment with warm décor and natural ambiance. And because Winnie Palmer Hospital is part of Orlando Health, patients benefit from a full range of the most advanced services available - all delivered with personalized attention and compassion. Special amenities packages are also available forpatients. Our Concierge can arrange for upgraded linens and robes, gourmet menu selections and other services to pamper and revitalize women during their stay at Winnie Palmer Hospital.
Arnold Palmer Medical Center
The hospital is a part of the Arnold Palmer Medical Center, which also includes Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families. Arnold Palmer Medical Center is the largest facility dedicated to children and women in the United States. Winnie Palmer Hospital is connected to Arnold Palmer Hospital through a two-story connector bridge, allowing easy transport of patients and efficient sharing of resources.
History
A little more than two decades ago, a groupof local pediatricians and community leaders recognized the growing need for specialized care for women and children. Their quest was joined by Orlando Health (named Orlando Regional Medical Center at the time) and golf legend Arnold Palmer and his late wife, Winnie Palmer. The group set out to create a world class hospital dedicated to the unique needs of women and children. The result was Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women, which opened on September 10, 1989, Arnold Palmer’s 60th birthday. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women evolved into the only hospital in the Southeast (and one of only six in the nation) dedicated to serving the special needs of children and women. The community has continued to grow over the past 20 years, and with that, the needs of women and children’s healthcare. Orlando Health recognized the need for separate facilities to accommodate demand.
Ground was broken in 2004 and on May 30, 2006, Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opened, dedicated exclusively to the needs of women. The new hospital allowed Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to dedicate itself solely to the care and treatment of children. Arnold Palmer Hospital was renovated to nearly double the capacity for pediatric services, and is the first facility in Central Florida to provide emergency care exclusively for pediatrics. The Bert Martin’s Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center is part of the area’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.