Museum Children Spread Goodwill Among Pediatric Patients At SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Jan 3, 2008
Brooklyn, NY - An act of kindness toward someone who is sick or hospitalized during the holidays is often the best medicine. This season, young patients at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s Children’s Hospital were thrilled to receive holiday get-well cards made for them by youngsters at the Jewish Children’s Museum. The cards let them know that other children were thinking about them.
“Here at the museum, we want to teach universal values. It’s the idea that every child should feel and care for another,” said museum spokesman Zev Steinhauser.
Maria Yomtov, director of Downstate’s Center for Community Health Promotion and Wellness, gratefully received the children’s hand-made cards and distributed them among young hospital patients. In turn, the museum’s children received small band-aid kits as a token of the medical center’s appreciation.
“It is heart-warming to see children from the Jewish Children's Museum demonstrate such compassion for others who are ill. They placed their names and even telephone and e-mail address on the get-well cards,” Ms. Yomtov said.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.