GRATITUDE TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

In a tearful demonstration of thanks, Farmingdale School District officials in Long Island recently traveled to Westchester to thank doctors and staff at WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital for saving the lives of students who were involved in a September bus crash involving Farmingdale High School students.

 School superintendent Paul DeFendi was among the staff who presented 15 boxes of cards and letters from elementary school students with an outpouring of gratitude. Choked with emotions, DeFendi and the district’s school nurse told Maria Fareri doctors how much the district appreciated the care their students received. 

WMCHealth’s Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, New York, and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York, also cared for bus crash victims and representatives from both hospitals were on hand to receive the thank you notes.  Victims cared for at these hospitals were either treated and released or transferred to WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Westchester Medical Center for care.  At one point, 12 bus crash victims were at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital/Westchester Medical Center.