The Medical Center's newest state-of-the-art patient care facility, the Jonathan Evans Rhoads Pavilion, will be dedicated this afternoon. The nine-story $69 million pavilion located at 36th street and Hamilton Walk will have five floors equipped with inpatient care services for the Medical, Surgical and Oncology departments at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Three floors will be used for the diagnosis and treatment of outpatients from other departments. One of the special features of the pavilion is the 17-ton magnetic resonance imaging unit located in the basement, one of only four such powerful units in the world. "The building was designed and conceived in putting patient-family care first and foremost in every consideration and every decision," said HUP Executive Director Wilbur Pittinger. University President Judith Rodin and Medical School Dean William Kelley will be keynote speakers at the ribbon cutting ceremony, scheduled for 2 p.m. in the courtyard adjacent to the Rhoads Pavilion. --Scott Glassman
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