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EL PASO — The 225,000-square-foot El Paso Children's Hospital, located at 4845 Alameda Ave. in El Paso, has opened. The hospital is the first and only independent, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit children's hospital in the El Paso area. The hospital features 122 private pediatric rooms, an “enchanted forest” play area, a 22-bed intensive care unit, a 50-bed neonatal intensive care unit, four operating rooms, a pediatric critical care transport team and an emergency department. KMD Architects designed the hospital along with El Paso-based MNK Architects. Birmingham, Ala.-based Robins & Morton was the general contractor for the project and Jones Lang LaSalle's Houston office provided project management services.