Convenient hospital "front door"

For moms-to-be, there is an important new address: Sixth Avenue South between 19th and 20th streets. The completely renovated unit opened April 27 and gives obstetric patients a convenient new University Hospital "front door." It also affords expectant mothers the opportunity to bypass potential delays through the hospital's Fifth Avenue Emergency Department.

The new Maternity Evaluation Unit is a convenient drop-off and first-stop location for patients pregnant 16 weeks or more or those referred directly by their physician. Patients with pregnancy-related complications or illnesses or those who may be in labor should use the new entrance.