Meet the Kids We Serve
It's all about the kids, right?
We're here to build healthier kids, in Rochester and the surrounding regions. That's why we're committed to offering quality medical care, regardless of a family's ability to pay.
Here, you'll meet some of our miracles-- children whose courage challenges us to keep researching and practicing to the best of our abilities.
Wedding band...or anklet?
It hardly seems possible that, a little over a year ago, the same little girl was born at Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong three-and-a-half months premature, weighing just under one-and-a-half pounds—so tiny that she could wear my husband’s wedding ring as an anklet, with room to spare! Read Jamie White's story...
In a Patient's Words
Read teenager Bethany Marsh's (above, center) account of battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Golisano Children's Hospital, here.
An Evening of Wine and Wishes, Exceptional Success
We Raised Our Glasses to the Region’s Tiniest Fighters
An Evening of Wine and Wishes, a benefit for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, celebrated the tiniest, neediest premature and newborn babies in the Finger Lakes region by raising funds, awareness and even wine glasses to support their special care Saturday evening, March 3, at Artisan Works.
The evening brought wine tasting from several Finger Lakes wineries, heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert music by the Greater Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra and a silent auction. Together, we raised $40,000 -- enough to purchase an additional high-tech Giraffe bed for the NICU.
Our NICU cares for 1,200 newborns each year. Most of these babies are delivered at Strong Memorial, which serves as the Regional Perinatal Center for all high-risk obstetrical services; still, some 250 of these newborns are transferred from surrounding hospitals by a special neonatal transport team.
You can continue helping to support the purchase of an additional Giraffe Bed through by buying a fundraising t-shirt from Doodle Bugs! Children's Center. Learn more about that project, here.
See photos from the night.
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Our Latest Projects, News
PRISM project would bring private rooms for all kids
56 private pediatric inpatient beds for Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong would fill one floor in the tower. These would connect to the current PICU. (This replaces semi-private beds from the 4th floor of the current hospital and does not add beds to the license.)
Learn more about the project, here.
Our New Pediatric Surgical Suite
In summer 2006, we finished our Pediatric Surgical Suite, and it's making a the surgical experience less scary for children and families.
The 2.2 million dollar William and Mildred Levine Pediatric Surgical Suite, which opened in July, now offers family- and child-centered care to the almost 6,600 young patients that receive surgical services here every year.
The suite is an advancement over the already top-notch services patients previously received because it affords a more friendly environment for waiting and recovery, is staffed by professionals specially trained to work with infants, children and teenagers, and allows parents to be at their child's bedside at almost all times, aside from actual surgery.
Dedication Ceremony Photos
Finished photos
Press Release
Next Project to Tackle: GetWellNetwork! (Page 12 of our Summer '06 Strong Kids Newsletter)
NICU Holds "Wall of Miracles" Tile Painting Party
More than 600 Attended, Left Their Mark
More than 200 former NICU babies and their families attended a tile painting reunion party on Sunday, April 29.
Balloons, clowns, scrumptious cake and face-painting provided a festive atmosphere as these families, nurses and doctors gathered to decorate tiles; the tiles will be glazed, fired and installed as a mosaic-style tribute wall outside the unit.
Ironically, the NICU, at 52-beds, is the largest inpatient unit at Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, though cares for the tiniest patients. Last year, more than 1,200 newborns spent a total of 20,000 total days in the unit.
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