Lille. The brand new maternity hospital in Le Bois, designed as a “birth hotel”

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L’Bois Hospitallocated in the heart of the city Bois-Blancsand managed by Ramsay Healthrenews itself. He equips himself end of 2024 of a new maternity. A project designed by the teams to bring together “high medical performance and well-being”, as summed up well by the director of the structure Laurent Delemer. Visit this space designed as a “birth hotel”.

More comfort for everyone

It’s a slightly disconcerting experience that awaits those who go to the maternity floor at the Hôpital du Bois. Green plants, trendy colors… You don’t have the feeling of being in a hospital. And for good reason: it was the ambition of the management, with this project to renovate the maternity ward.

After months of works, from July to Novemberit is accessible again. To the great pleasure of the families being monitored and the medical teams! “We were the first to welcome a maternity ward in the heart of Lille, in 1991,” relates director Laurent Delemer. “She was, logically, one of the oldest. We thought of it as a ‘birth hotel’, between high medical performance and well-being,” he explains.

Numerous team meetings were necessary to build this project, including the investment amounts to 1.2 million euros. If the medical device is at the heart of the project (we are staying in a hospital), it was imagined and implemented by an architect… hotelier.

An offer adapted to demand

This new maternity ward has been designed to stick as closely as possible to the needs and desires of pregnant women. “We are committed to supporting birth plans in the most physiological way possible,” assures Dr Anne-Lise Dubois. To achieve this, the team worked together.

“We have done a lot of work to identify what patients expect from us,” explains the hospital director. Midwives, who offer sessions and workshops at the hospital, were also consulted, as were doctors, who reminded us what equipment was necessary to work safely, in an environment conducive to serenity.

This new maternity project comes at the right time, in a context ofincrease in births in the Lille hospital. “We are going against the grain of what is happening in France. In 2024, for example, we will normally be at +7% births, while the national average has been declining for 4-5 years,” notes the director of the Lille hospital. This is partly thanks to the development of the PMA course and a medical team which has grown significantly in recent months, says the director.

Two large master suites

At the Bois maternity ward, no rooms are shared. There are several ranges of accommodation. Two large family suites have the appearance of small apartmentsto offer all the necessary comfort to families. A common room, where you can make a coffee in particular, is available to families.

Particular detail which is important: a “baby corner”, designed like a central island. These are changing tables accessible from two sides. They were installed between the bedroom area and the bathroom, allowing the caregiver to be on one side, and the parents on the other.

“It wasn’t easy to put this together. Teams have their habits. We change things. But ultimately, I don’t think I’m going too far in saying that everyone is happy. »

On the day of our visit, December 5, a family took advantage of one of the master suites. Little Lilac was just born. The parents, who have already had their first child in the same maternity ward, were surprised to discover the places set up in this way. “The first time we were in a single room. It was a little narrow for our liking. We decided to take the suite, which was more suitable,” confided the father.

A center entirely dedicated to women

This new maternity project, which is added to that of the PMA course and increasingly centralized services in the hospital, is part of a more general system, called « Femmily ». This center, entirely dedicated to women, allows follow the health journey of each patient throughout the stages of her life: PMA, childbirth, endometriosis, cancer…

“We are a good, dynamic team. We all work in the same place, we know each other. It helps things. »

Heal as well as possible, with the best cards in hand, and with complete confidence. This is what the Hôpital du Bois wants to advocate with this vast project, which will see new developments follow. In 2025 the inaugurations of a obstetric block and a room dedicated to water birth.

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