TEMPLE (Austin American-Statesman) – Scott & White officials announced this week that the health system’s board approved the $32 million renovation of King’s Daughters Hospital to transform it into a regional children’s hospital.

Work on the 64-bed facility at 1901 Southwest H.K. Dodgen Loop will begin in September, with opening set for late summer or early fall 2011.

The hospital will feature inpatient beds, intensive-care rooms, an emergency department and comprehensive medical and surgical services. King’s Daughters will be the only free-standing children’s hospital between Austin and Dallas–Fort Worth.

During renovation, King’s Daughters services will be limited to an emergency room, imaging and lab. Other services will be moved to the main Scott & White campus, less than a mile away.