Advancing Acadiana

Effective February 26, 2025

At Women’s & Children’s Hospital, the Main Entrance will be closed, and the facility will consolidate into one entrance. The Emergency Department entrance will serve as the Main Entrance to the hospital in addition to being the entrance to the Emergency Department. All visitors must enter through the Emergency Department entrance. Ambulance traffic remains unchanged.

Effective Monday, March 10, 2025

The Atrium Hallway at Women’s & Children’s Hospital will be closed for construction of a new NICU patient elevator. A detoured route through the second floor is designated with signage.

When entering through the Emergency Department Entrance (currently Main Entrance), patients and visitors will need to:

> Take the lobby elevator up to the second floor.
> Walk through the second-floor Atrium Hallway.
> Take the elevator near Postpartum, Well Baby Nursery, and NICU back down to the first floor to access the Aquarium Lobby for the following services:

   - Ronald McDonald Family Room
   - Outpatient Services
   - Cafeteria and Vending
   - Administration
   - Pediatrics
   - PICU

Alligator footprints will be placed on the floor to guide patients along the detour. Additional directional signage will also be placed throughout the hospital and on the detour route.

Effective November 11, 2024

Temporary walls will be installed in the ED lobby, as we are having to redirect incoming traumas while construction is underway. We will also be installing exterior barrier walls around our workspace, which will be coned and flagged off to avoid vehicle or patient interference on the drive deck. Scaffolding will be placed and secured around the exterior stairwell.