Fund-A-Cause - New pediatric surgery center
Making miracles happen
Imagine that your child has a condition that requires surgery, and you are told it will be 5 weeks before that procedure can take place. What if they have a urological condition that requires surgery? That will be a two-month wait.
This is the current reality at Golisano Children’s Hospital. The community’s growth is outpacing that of the facilities needed to serve. Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is over capacity in several areas including the Neonatal Intensive Care Units, which provides life-saving care for our tiniest patients.
It’s something no parent or family member wants to face. Without expanded services, untold numbers of families have to travel out of town to obtain treatment for a child’s condition.
Of the 4,619 pediatric surgeries performed last year, the vast majority -- 3,817-- were outpatient procedures which could be performed outside the hospital setting, freeing up resources for more life-threatening illnesses and surgeries.
SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc. and others have pledged their support to help build a pediatric surgery center to ensure our families have the best quality healthcare close to home. Located on HealthPark campus, this new state-of-the-art surgery center will be a game changer. It will go a long way toward easing the load on the at-capacity hospital while also helping to prevent sending seriously ill children to out-of-town hospitals when they most need the support of their families and friends. For babies like Caroline, who was born with a rare esophagus condition which required immediate surgery and Benjamin, who suffered serious head trauma and needed fast, life-saving care and then several follow-up surgeries.
SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc. and others have pledged their support to help build a pediatric surgery center to ensure our families have the best quality healthcare close to home. Located on HealthPark campus, this new state-of-the-art surgery center will be a game changer. It will go a long way toward easing the load on the at-capacity hospital while also helping to prevent sending seriously ill children to out-of-town hospitals when they most need the support of their families and friends. For babies like Caroline, who was born with a rare esophagus condition which required immediate surgery and Benjamin, who suffered serious head trauma and needed fast, life-saving care and then several follow-up surgeries.