COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — On Monday, Columbus will get its first hospital dedicated to treating children. The 30-bed, 26-room Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital will open its doors on the Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Campus.
The ribbon will be cut on the Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital in the old Doctors Hospital building.
WRBL got an exclusive tour of the facility with Bettye and Cecil Cheves, the lead benefactors. The hospital is named for Bettye’s parents.
The Cheves’ gift was the foundation that made the $28 million project possible. But many others in the city contributed to make the hospital possible. Piedmont Columbus Regional CEO Scott Hill tells WRBL, this will keep more sick children in Columbus, part of the reason is the hiring Pediatric Critical care doctor Subhendu De.
“The addition of Dr. De, it’s a different level,” Hill said. “So he is in essence, starting our program back up. We’ve always been able to keep PICU kids here. We will absolutely be keeping kids here in Columbus that in the past would have been had been transferred.”