Doctors and staff take the media on a tour of the patient rooms in the Emergency Department of the new $558-million seven-story Bill Holmes patient tower at CHOC Children’s Hospital Of Orange County. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Every aspect of the Bill Holmes patient tower at CHOC Children’s Hospital was designed with young patients and their families in mind. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The Prayer and Meditation Center on the second floor of the Bill Holmes patient tower. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The new Bill Holmes patient tower has soothing artwork on the walls and mosaics on the floor. This addition triples the size of the hospital. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Dr. James Cappon, medical director at CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County, checks on one of the new operating rooms in the Bill Holmes patient tower. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A staffer shows some of the new equipment in the robotic surgery suite in Bill Holmes patient tower. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The Turtle Talk Theater is just one of the many aspects of the Bill Holmes patient tower. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The front of the Bill Holmes patient tower at CHOC Children’s Hospital. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Soothing light and shapes combine with the architecture in the Seacrest Studios area, where teenage patients can have a little fun on the second floor of the Bill Holmes patient tower. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
