About 200 parents and their children who were cared for as premature babies at the Westchester Medical Center’s Maria Fareri Regional Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) returned for an emotional reunion with the doctors and nurses who cared for them.
30-year-old Marcus Mosley who spent 40 days in the NICU in 1995 and is about to enter a career as a neonatologist were among the former babies and their families will return to thank their caregivers.
Thanks to medical advances, premature babies born as early as 23-weeks are living and thriving, according to Dr. Edmund LaGamma, chief of neonatology at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. Dr. LaGamma attended the reunion along with dozens of medical professionals who cared for babies and helped their families.
Maria Fareri NICU treats more than 900 sick newborns annually, with over 20,000 sick neonates cared for in the past 40 years. This state designated Regional Perinatal Center NICU features 22,500 square feet of space for newborns and their families with a designated overnight care room for parents.