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Attending the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the eight-bed Maternal Special Care Unit on the fourth floor of the North Tower of Medical Center East were, from left, Bennett Spetalnick, M.D., Robin Mutz, R.N., M.P.P.M., Sandy Smith, R.N., Frank Boehm, M.D., Howard Jones III, M.D., Lavenia Carpenter, M.D., Nicole Herndon, M.S.N., R.N., and Nicole Powell, M.S.N., R.N. The unit includes a four-bed OB triage area and four maternal special care beds for undelivered mothers who require continuous fetal monitoring or postpartum patients in need of a higher level of care.