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Facts about our Hospital

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is a world-class, all-specialty pediatric hospital offering a unique physical environment for our young patients and their families.  Featuring a lobby with the world's largest dollhouse, a sports arcade, a performing arts stage and a walk-through aquarium, our facility offers the most advanced pediatric care available in an environment where the creative surroundings are a functional part of the healing process.

Serving more than 20,000 children each year, there are many things about Maria Fareri Children's Hospital that set us apart:

• We are home to the region's only intensive care unit designed specifically for pediatric care
• Our state-of-the-art, Level IV (most sophisticated) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is the only one in the region
• All of our rooms are private in-patient rooms with bathrooms, showers and parent sleeping areas
• We provide developmentally appropriate activities to all of our patients in our pre-school, elementary and teen-aged activity rooms
• Our on-site Ronald McDonald House features a living room, kitchen and five family suites (under construction)
• Our Family Resource Center includes a library that serves as a respite area for parents and families as well as a portal to health and other information via Web-accessible computers
• We are the headquarters for the Hudson Valley's Regional Perinatal Center
• Our hospital is one of only five American Lung Association sponsored Pediatric Asthma Clinical Research Centers in the United States
• Our facilities include a specialized pediatric Hematology/Oncology center offering dedicated programs in bone marrow transplant and experimental chemotherapy, along with the most advanced therapies for sickle cell diseases, thalassemia and other hematological disorders
• We are the Pediatric Organ Transplant Center in the region
• Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy programs with multiple playrooms, an art studio, and art and music therapy programs