Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

What: Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
When: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Where: Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

Ranked #2 in the U.S. for neonatal care, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital now has physical facilities to match the outstanding care that its most fragile patients receive.

The Quentin & Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a 38 bed unit that will bring together advanced technology, research and operative services in a homelike environment for newborns and their families.

• The new NICU will bring together advanced technology, research and operative services in a homelike environment for newborns.
• Bedside space and rooming accommodation for parents will reinforce the family’s central role in caregiving.
• Communication systems will alert nurses to patient problems without sounding loud, shrieking alarms that disturb babies and their families.
• Family respite space for parents, siblings and caregivers will be in close proximity to patient rooms.
• Expanded diagnostic capabilities will mean babies do not have to be moved around the hospital for tests and procedures.
• A special procedure room and imaging capabilities will enhance the safety and stability of babies in the course of their care.
• A new bridge will enable easy access between the traditional NICU and the new, step-down NICU. The bridge will span a newly-renovated, child-friendly courtyard and be an architectural enhancement.
• A dedicated elevator will transport newborns from MacDonald Women’s Hospital to the new NICU.
  

The Sydney Salem Golding Fund is proud to have supported the efforts to develop this wonderful, new facility which will provide invaluable assistance to the smallest and bravest warriors in their struggles against illness and disease.