Rypien Foundation partners with Sacred Heart
On New Children's Emergency Center
The Rypien Foundation commemorated the official groundbreaking for Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital's new Emergency Department on Monday, October 31. During the ceremony, Mark Rypien presented Mike Wilson and Elaine Couture of Providence, with a three million dollar gift on behalf of the Rypien Foundation to support the hospital in creating a state-of-the-art emergency center for children and adults. The new center will feature a completely separate waiting and treatment area for children, and will be called the Rypien Foundation Children's Emergency Center.
As a premier provider of hope for local families battling childhood cancer, it is our goal to provide support for the whole family from the beginning of the journey to the end. Usually for cancer patients, the beginning of this trying ordeal starts at the front door of an emergency department. Parents arrive at these doors with their sick child and in some cases, other young family members, in a crisis state - scared, anxious and fearing the worst. Then, those fears are confirmed when the worst case scenario becomes a tragic reality with a cancer diagnosis.
This is how many families enter the unknown - and indescribably terrifying - world of cancer, and we're determined to be there at the beginning so that we can immediately start to provide those families with support and comfort. That's why we partnered with Providence Sacred Heart to establish this new state-of-the-art emergency center. By creating this specialized emergency room just for kids, not only can we make sure that their unique medical and emotional needs are being met with expert care from nurses and doctors skilled in pediatrics, we can also take away some of the fear and anxiety associated with emergency room visits. And that goes a long way toward helping these families on their road to recovery.
To view photos and video from the groundbreaking ceremony, and current construction progress photos, please visit our Facebook page by clicking here.
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