The new neonatal unit will have capacity for 12 children, including four intensive care beds, one acute bed, and access to two infection rooms. The neonatal unit will be located on the same floor as the women's clinic at point G, level 6. The women's clinic includes the maternity ward, maternity reception, and gynecology, and it will be consolidated on one floor across three adjacent buildings by May.
In Västervik, renovated premises for clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine were inaugurated on March 27, covering about 1,000 square meters with a 200-square-meter extension. The new automation line at clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine improves sample handling efficiency for the entire county. Renovated medicine wards 4, 5, and 6 in Västervik hospital were inaugurated on December 9, featuring single- and double-patient rooms.
A new building for specialist psychiatry in Västervik is a nine-story building with seven floors above ground, covering about 24,500 square meters.