The 14-story, 507,000-square-foot hospital offers private rooms for all patients, eight pediatric operating rooms, and a pediatric pharmacy. It also features a number of child-friendly options, including a playground, gardens, library, interactive theater, and an unbeatable view of Kinnick Stadium. The new hospital consolidates inpatient pediatric care, procedures, imaging, and surgery that previously had been located throughout UI Hospitals and Clinics, which will allow those spaces to be converted to private rooms for adult patients. The original Children’s Hospital opened in 1919. In 1954, pediatric patients were moved to what was then known as University Hospitals, with pediatric services located throughout the facility.