Hospital Move Finished

The new Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville section officially opened yesterday afternoon following a 7 hour move of 152 patients from the old facility in the Oakland neighborhood. Spokesman Mark Lukasiak says the patient move began about 7 a.m. Saturday and involved a team of 275 nurses, doctors, administrators, staff plus EMS personnel. More than 40 ambulances from communities in Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties transported the patients. The new $625 million Children's Hospital complex includes a 9-story 296-bed hospital, a 10-story research center, medical building and 3 parking garages.