A 50 per cent expansion of the Children’s Emergency Department was made a reality thanks to the generosity of Children’s Health Foundation. Now children who need emergency care at Children’s Hospital at LHSC will benefit from eight new beds and two dedicated procedure rooms, which are tailored to them in a child-friendly and family-centred setting.
“Children’s Health Foundation is very excited to fund this expansion to benefit the many children who use the Emergency Department,” says Scott Fortnum, President and CEO of Children’s Health Foundation. “We continue to raise funds for this important initiative and are so grateful to our donors for making this a reality.”
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“We’re really proud of this new space that has provided us with the opportunity to reduce capacity pressures and move patients into care spaces faster,” says Dr. Rod Lim, Director of Paediatric Emergency. “This is a great first step towards meeting the growing demands for specialty paediatric emergency services.”
Children’s Hospital is a renowned regional provider of high quality urgent and emergency health care to patients under 18 years old. As one of the only dedicated paediatric emergency departments in Ontario, it provides care to a geographic area that covers a third of the province. Each year, the team in the Children’s ED provides care through 47,000 visits for approximately 36,000 patients.
Patients like 10-year-old Zak, who fell at the playground and broke his wrist. Zak was one of the first children treated in one of two new dedicated procedure rooms in Children’s ED, and his mother Zoe is so grateful for the outstanding care he received.
“When we realized he was going to need special attention and care, it was amazing to know that everything was going to be right here,” she says. “The way they treated Zak meant everything to me. The Emergency Department was very busy, but it didn’t feel that way to us. The attention and care we received made it feel like Zak was the only patient there.”
The generosity of Children’s Health Foundation donors is continually helping to ensure children have the best care. Thanks to foundation support, construction began in early 2024 and opened this fall.
You can see this incredible space yourself below:
Our donors are supporting a world-class team whose collaboration was vital to the design of this space and highlighted the specific needs of children like Zak, who come to the Emergency Department hurt and scared. While the Emergency Department has seen an incredible improvement with these spaces, they need your generosity to ensure that Children’s Emergency Department continues to grow and flourish – so more children can be treated in spaces designed just for them.
