The “happiest place” in the hospital is how Neal Kelley, COO of Ascension Seton Hays, described the brand-new maternity unit officially dedicated last Friday.

“I come here when I want to get happy,” Kelley said with a sweep of his hand to indicate the new hallway with the purple walls and doors.

About two dozen hospital employees and others gathered for the ribbon-cutting in the new 10,000-square-foot, first-floor expansion.

While the hospital was previously able to deliver ...