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Sept. 4-Sept. 10, 2020
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INVITES
COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE 150TH ANNIVERSARYBY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
St. Mary’s Healthcare System
for Children in Bayside is inviting
the community to join them as they
celebrate 150 years of caring for
New York’s kids through a 30-day
fundraising challenge beginning in
September.
The challenge will feature a selection
of socially-distant events including:
fitness, paint nights, Zumba
classes, trivia nights and a virtual
walk.
As New York City’s only post-acute
pediatric care facility, located at
29-01 216th St., St. Mary’s treats the
city’s most critically ill and injured
children.
The hospital was founded in 1870
when the Sisters of St. Mary established
a small, 15-bed hospital in
Hell’s Kitchen to provide free medical
care for sick children. St. Mary’s now
cares for thousands of children each
day, both in a 124-bed inpatient facility
and in the community through
family-centered home care programs.
“We’re proud to carry the same
commitment to loving, personalized
care that our founders had when they
established a free hospital for children
in 1870,” said Dr. Edwin Simpser, St.
Mary’s president and CEO. “We look
forward to celebrating another 150
years of caring for New York’s children
through innovative approaches
to treatment that allow our children
to thrive.”
More than 90 percent of the patients
at St. Mary’s need a level of care that
As New York City’s only post-acute pediatric care facility, St. Mary’s treats the city’s most critically ill and injured children
exceeds what their families are able to
afford and what Medicaid covers. All
funds raised will go directly toward
supporting programs and treatment
for patients.
Despite extremely limited resources,
St. Mary’s provides innovative
therapies and rehabilitation programs
including art, music and aquatic therapy,
a Locomotor Training Program
that provides rehabilitation to children
with spinal cord injuries, and
New York’s only intensive day patient
program specializing in pediatric
feeding and swallowing disorders.
St. Mary’s also created New York’s
first long-term home care program
for children and young adults with
Courtesy of St. Mary’s Hospital for Children
disabilities and medically complex
conditions, New York’s first center
for pediatric respiratory care and the
nation’s first pediatric palliative care
program.
Reach reporter Carlotta Mohamed
by e-mail at cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–4526.
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