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Yrok Central Hospital's NICU Celebrates Its First Anniversary!

York Central Hospital is celebrating the first anniversary of our new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

The NICU was opened on December 14, 2010 and has expanded from six to twelve stations and can accommodate up to 13 babies. This means as operational funding increases, York Central's dedicated team of paediatric professionals 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 was carefully 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 allotment and design to more easily accommodate life-saving equipment and greater flexibility to deal with emergency situations. Now, mothers and other family members have more privacy at each station allowing them to spend more personal and quality time with their newest additions.

Ultimately, this leads to improved development for babies with challenges at birth and allows families in our community to remain close to home while their precious infant is in our care and take their babies home sooner.

Thank you to all the staff, volunteers, physicians and our incredible donors, including the project's largest donor, The Volunteer Association of York Central Hospital, who helped make this project a reality!

Thank you to the following donors for generously funding the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit:

Casino and Hold’em Poker Event 2009

Casino and Hold’em Poker Event 2010

CIBC Wood Gundy

Fabrizio and Nicole Cortellucci Family

Nancy Coxford

Fieldgate Developments

Manuel Fiuza and Vilma Cortellucci-Fiuza Family

G & L Group – Joe and Lucy Lamanna

Great-West Life Assurance Company

Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat Of Toronto

J.P. Bickell Foundation

Rose Mary Tomei-Kehren and Bill Kehren
Carl George Klees

Francis Verena Klees

Shirley Eleanor Klees

William John Klees

Wm. J. Klees & Son Ltd.

The Marin/Alves Family

McDonalds Restaurants - Stephen Forman

McDonalds Restaurants - Peter Miller

Elson and Joyce Miles

Montesano Family/Primont Homes

Fausto and Silvana Palombo and Family

Proud Partners Golf Classic 2010

Vincenzo Pulla’s 80th Birthday

r.a.p.t. in health luncheon 2011

Richmond Hill Christian Community Church

Ross and Nicole Ferrier and Family

The Schad Foundation

Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life Campaign

Marita Simbul-Lezon

TACC Construction Co. Ltd.

The Volunteer Association of York Central Hospital

ZZEN Group of Companies Limited.

Inspirational Gift: Councillor Carmine Perrelli

Richmond Hill Ward 2 Councillor Carmine Perrelli made an $18,500 donation to York Central Hospital Foundation last week.

The Councillor has committed to raising $25,000 to refurbish a paediatric room at York Central Hospital.

“There is nothing more important than health. And for a parent, there is nothing more important than the health of your kids,” he said to Richmond Hill Liberal reporter Adam McLean after the cheque presentation.

He will be raising the remaining $6,500 through a customized web page at councillorperrelli.ychfoundation.ca.

Thank you Councillor Perrelli for your donation and for Caring to make a difference!

For more information on how you can help improve care for the children in our community, please call the Foundation office at 905-883-2032 or email foundation@yorkcentral.on.ca.

A New Way To Support Your Hospital

Exciting news: York Central Hospital Foundation has established a quick response (QR) code!

When scanned by a mobile device like an iPhone or BlackBerry, the user is taken right to our secure online giving webpage, allowing them to instantly make their gift.

This new way of donating is not meant to replace any current methods of giving, but instead provides our generous supporters with another safe, reliable donation option.

Donors can also continue to give safely and securely online at http://yorkcentral.on.ca/donate.htm or by calling the Foundation office at 905-883-2032.