Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside is expanding its maternal care services by adding six new labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) rooms. These units will supplement the 17 already on campus.
This growth project has been made possible by a $5 million gift to the Ascension St. Vincent’s Foundation from Mary Virginia Terry. In honor of the donation, the new unit will be named the C. Herman & Mary Virginia Terry Labor and Delivery Suites.
By adding these LDRP rooms, St. Vincent’s Southside is providing greater access to care to children and families in the community. These rooms improve the birthing experience by allowing moms, babies and families to experience the entire labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum phases in the comfort of one space.
Other improvements involved with the project include smaller renovations to the units and equipment improvements.
“Our care teams are committed to supporting mothers during their unique birthing experience,” said St. Vincent’s Southside President James Machado. “We are excited to expand our capacity to meet the growing needs of our community and provide excellent care for women in Northeast Florida.”
St. Vincent’s Southside delivers nearly 260 babies per month, offering resources like lactation consultants every day of the week and providing wireless fetal monitoring in the LDRP rooms. Other maternal health resources offered at St. Vincent’s care sites include:
If you have questions about maternal health at St. Vincent’s, go to ascension.org.
In addition, the entire labor and delivery department was honored with the hospital's first team DAISY award — a national recognition program to celebrate and recognize nurses by collecting nominations from patients, families and co-workers.
This award was earned due to Dr. Meena Demetrios and the labor-and-delivery care team's actions in saving Alex Mosiello's life during pregnancy complications.
Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast includes Ascension Sacred Heart based in Pensacola, Ascension St. Vincent’s based in Jacksonville, and Ascension Providence in Mobile, Alabama. Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast operates 10 hospitals and more than 200 other sites of care, employing more than 13,000 associates.
Across the region, Ascension Providence, Ascension Sacred Heart and Ascension St. Vincent’s have served North Florida and South Alabama communities for more than 165 years. In fiscal year 2022, Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast provided more than $265 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty.
Ascension is a faith-based health care organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading nonprofit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to people living in poverty and those most vulnerable.
Ascension operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 138 hospitals in 19 states – while providing a variety of services, including clinical operations, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, risk management,and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
