Cohen Children's Medical Center
269-01 76th Avenue | also 270-05 76th Avenue | Glen Oaks | built 1959
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- 1983
Schneider Children's Hospital opens after two decades of lobbying
Long Island Jewish had treated children since 1956, when it built a nursery for premature newborns. After some twenty years of campaigning for a dedicated children's hospital, Schneider Children's Hospital opened in November 1983, named for the Schneider family, major donors to the health system. Only one freestanding children's hospital in the New York area had come before it, and it was an early example of a hospital built around a warm setting for young patients.
“After twenty years of lobbying for a new children's hospital, the hospital opened up in November 1983 under the name Schneider Children's Hospital.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
A $50 million gift renames the hospital for Steven and Alexandra Cohen
In 2010 the Schneider family asked that its name come off the hospital so it could concentrate on the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Israel, and the building briefly became North Shore-LIJ Children's Hospital. In April the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation's $50 million donation was announced, along with the new name. The money paid for a pediatric wing with an emergency department, a 24-bed intensive care unit and six operating rooms, completed in 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
Shannon Tavarez, a child star of The Lion King, dies of leukemia at the hospital
Shannon Tavarez died of leukemia at the children's hospital in 2010. She was a child actor who had been a star of The Lion King.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2017
Surgeons remove a six-pound tumor from a 12-year-old child from Gambia, free of charge
In 2017 the hospital drew international attention for removing a six-pound tumor from Janet Sylvia, a 12-year-old from Gambia. The Global Medical Relief Fund set up the surgery, which the hospital performed for free.
“In 2017 the hospital gained international attention when they successfully removed a six-pound tumor from 12-year-old Gambian child, Janet Sylvia.”
Source: Wikipedia
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