The Elmhurst hospital celebrated the birth of a dozen people, now adults, in its facilities.
Among them, employees, the president of the City Council, Adrienne Adams, and also the anchor of our sister network New York 1, Cheryl Wills.
The Sign Collado family celebrated with their children, the work of the employees of NYC Health & Hospital, in Elmhurst, for their birth.
“I was born here, I had my first job here and I had my children here. This hospital is part of my history,” says Stephanie Collado.
A story that he shares with the dozen people who were recognized by the hospital at the life celebration event of those born at this medical center in the last 50 years. According to the hospital director, after everything that happened during the pandemic, this is a good time to celebrate life.
“That there are so many babies who were born here in the hospital, who are doing such beautiful things in the city, they are famous, they are people who are really doing the New York thing, we wanted to celebrate that day, of the police, of the nurse who They were born here and they are working here,” says Helen Arteaga-Landaverde, director of the hospital.
One of them is Junia Valerio who was born in the hospital. She has been a nurse on the delivery floor for eleven years. She says she decided to work here to serve her community.
“To be grateful for what they did for me because my mother’s birth was very difficult and she was here for several weeks and basically they saved my life and I wanted to thank other family members for what they did for me,” says Junia Valeria, a nurse at Elmhurst. .
Members of the obstetrics department spoke of the importance of the hospital in providing service to the community regardless of the immigration status of its patients. Elmhurst Hospital has been open for 190 years.
City spokesperson Adrienne Adams spoke of her birth at a time when mortality among the African-American community was high and still remains at high levels in recent times.
And our colleague and NY1 anchor of our English news network, Cheryl Wills thanked all employees for their hard work during the pandemic.
The celebration culminated with music in English and Spanish.
2023-10-12 16:09:00
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