The Richmond Hill Christian Community Church recently chose York Central Hospital ’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as the beneficiary of their holiday charity drive. Over the course of the holidays, members of the congregation generously gave more than $19,000 towards this priority project.
The NICU was opened on December 14, 2010 and will eventually have the capacity to care for twice as many of our tiniest and most vulnerable babies as the old unit. Each spacious care station is designed and equipped specifically for infants needing special care and includes an isolette and physiological monitor, intravenous pumps, a bedside computer documentation system and phototherapy units.
The new NICU has the appropriate space and design to more easily accommodate life-saving equipment and greater flexibility to deal with emergency situations. Ultimately, this leads to improved development for babies with challenges at birth and allows families in our community to take their babies home sooner.
Their donation is the largest the Foundation has ever received from a church and we are incredibly honoured for their generous gift.
Thank you to everyone at the Richmond Hill Christian Community Church for inspiring us this past holiday season!
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