SALISBURY TWP., Pa. — Lehigh Valley Health Network on Wednesday dedicated its renovated birth and newborn center, which officials said will be "transformative."
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at David and Jackie Jaindl Family Birth and Newborn Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.
With more than 3,100 births each year, the unit is the region’s most comprehensive provider in pregnancy and delivery care services, according to an LVHN release.
“The renovations to the Family Birth and Newborn Center will be transformative for our patients, families, colleagues and community.”LVHN Obstetrics & Gynecology Department Chairwoman Dr. Amanda B. Flicker
The multiphase renovation began in September 2024 "to ensure the spaces match the expert patient care and experience already provided," the release said.
Expected completion for the multiphase project is December, it said.
“The renovations to the Family Birth and Newborn Center will be transformative for our patients, families, colleagues and community,” LVHN Obstetrics & Gynecology Department Chairwoman Dr. Amanda B. Flicker said.
Flicker thanked the center's namesake benefactors, the Jaindl family, saying that thanks to their generosity, "we are creating the first-class experience they all deserve.”
Flicker also is interim clinical leader of women’s health service line for Jefferson Health, of which LVHN is a part.
The updated features include:
- Makeover of family waiting room with new furnishings to add comfort for patients’ families and friends
- A new bereavement room for families who experience a devastating loss
- Redesigned nurses’ stations for improved communication, access and patient privacy
- Improved nurses’ lounge with more privacy and space, including a wellness room for staff
- Renovated rooms with enhanced lighting and new décor, window coverings and furniture
- A new birthing suite dedicated to midwifery, creating a birth center feeling in a hospital environment, with hydrotherapy, special furnishings and more
- New staff locker rooms and on-call rooms for OB providers and anesthesiologists
'Family's commitment ... is tremendous'
David and Jackie Jaindl, their five children and their spouses, 11 grandchildren and extended family attended the ribbon-cutting, along with LVHN leaders and colleagues from the Family Birth and Newborn Center.
“Everyone deserves access to high-quality health care, and our community counts on LVHN to provide that care. Our family is honored to help make that possible for current and future generations in our region.”Jackie Jaindl
“Giving back is a core principle of our family, thanks to my father and grandfather,” David Jaindl said.
“Everyone deserves access to high-quality health care, and our community counts on LVHN to provide that care,” Jackie Jaindl said.
“Our family is honored to help make that possible for current and future generations in our region.”
Bob Begliomini, PharmD president for Jefferson Health–Lehigh Valley Region, highlighted the Jaindls’ deep roots at LVHN.
“The Jaindl family’s commitment to the Lehigh Valley — and the health of this community — is tremendous," Begliomini said.
"David and Jackie continue their family’s legacy at LVHN through their generous gift to the David and Jackie Jaindl Family Birth and Newborn Center, which fittingly resides in the Fred Jaindl Family Pavilion.”
In 1998, David’s father, Fred, made the largest gift in LVHN’s history to build a new wing at LVH–Cedar Crest that bears the family name.
