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About the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop-University Hospital
Our goal is to help children with cancer deal with the unimaginable and lead the lives they were meant to live.
The Cancer Center for Kids in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Winthrop-University Hospital is a state-of-the-science facility where children are given the best possible chance of recovery and cure through superior medical care, constant nurturing and unconditional support in an environment that promotes healing.
In Nassau County, Winthrop's Cancer Center for Kids is the largest facility for treating children with cancer and blood disorders, and the only member of the prestigious national Children's Oncology Group (COG) in the County. COG is an international consortium of collaborating hospitals recognized as leaders in the treatment of childhood cancers. Membership in COG places Winthrop at the forefront of research, treatment and use of the latest medications. The Center also has a strong affiliation with New York/Presbyterian Medical Center and the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York. This provides access to Presbyterian's renowned bone marrow transplant unit and allows us to collaborate on numerous studies.
The Center's skilled and compassionate pediatric oncology and hematology professionals are specially trained to diagnose and treat the entire spectrum of pediatric malignancies and blood diseases. Sharing and pooling their extensive experience and knowledge, they not only provide young patients with comprehensive, sensitive care, but also help their families endure very tough times -- offering support from the moment of diagnosis, through intense treatments and long-term follow-up. Every member of the Center's Team addresses the physical and emotional needs of each child, while listening carefully to family members' concerns and questions.
The Center's understanding and supportive "home-away-from-home" environment -- an environment that nurtures the child and empowers the family -- almost always restores health. Most of the Center's young patients are cared for as outpatients in the Nina Jillian Rosenblatt Ambulatory Suite -- a comfortably appointed, child-friendly facility. When required, inpatient accommodations are available in the Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation Unit located in the Hospital's modern Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center. Both areas are not only equipped with the technology needed to provide the finest treatment for the children, they are also designed to encourage parents' participation in their children's care. All contacts with patients - inpatient or outpatient, telephone or electronic - are conducted with one of the Center's experienced attending physicians.
Our Mission
Caring for a child with cancer means caring for the whole family
-- everyone in the family unit is touched by a child's illness.
The Cancer Center for Kids embraces Winthrop's credo: "Care without compromise." We believe children are individuals. They require special attention to their personal needs, and their families need support for their particular concerns. Parents of a child with cancer often feel powerless, overwhelmed with fear, grief and fatigue. We are dedicated to easing their difficult experience through care and attention rooted in Compassion, Dignity and Empowerment.
- Compassion helps the child and family feel comfortable enough to express concerns and feelings, and improves communication with the staff -- all to the benefit of the child.
- Dignity stems from our respect for those who are suffering, and cultivates a sense of understanding of how the experience affects another person.
- Empowerment through education is a tool vital to the healing process. It enables the child and family to participate in the overall management and, to some extent, in the outcome of the illness.
With this approach to caring for children with cancer, we believe that youngsters can survive the most serious and life-threatening illnesses intact, and usually go on to have a unique, healthy perspective on life.
NUESTRA MISSION
Cuidar a un nino con cancer significa tambien cuidar a la familia completa - la enfermedad de un nino afecta a toda la familia.
El Centro para Ninos con Cancer include el Credo de Winthrop: "Cuidado sin Restricciones." Nosotros creemos que lo ninos son individuos. Requieren una atencion especial para sus necesidades, personals y sus familias necesitan el soporte necesario que requieren sus muchas preocupaciones. Los padres de ninos con cancer se sienten, con mucha frecuencia, sin saber que hacer, abrumados por el miedo, la tristeza y el cansancio. Nosotros estamos dedicados a aliviar esta experiencia tan dificil, con cuidado y atencion basados en la Compasion, la Dignidad y la Habilitacion.
Compasion que ayuda al nino y a su familia a sentirse confortable para poder expresar sus preocupaciones y sentimientos. Esto ayuda a mejorar la comunicacion con el personal, todo para beneficio del nino.
Dignidad que nace de nuestro respeto para todo el que sufre y cultiva un sentido de entendimiento de como esta experiencia afecta a otra persona.
Habilitacion a traves de la educacion e sun arma vital en el proceso de curacion. Le permite al nino y a su familia a participar en el manejo y, hasta cierto punto, en el desenlace de la enfermedad.
Nostros tenemos la obligacione de crear un Hogar fuera del Hogar un ambiente que casi siempre repone la salud y da compassion y el soporte que nosotros recibimos en nuestro Hogar.
Con este enfoque para cuidar a los ninos con cancer, cremos que ellos pueden sobrevivir intactos las enfermedades mas serias y esas que les ponen la vida en peligro, y usulamente salen teniendo una perspectiva unica y saludable de la vida.
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