Medical personnel and parents had a special day on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, where doctors and other experts relocated tiny babies from their temporary facility to the hospital’s newly expanded and renovated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Nurse Joan Hett and respiratory therapist Mary Anne Joaquin were among those helping move the infants, making sure that one-month-old Daleena Rincon, born premature, was carefully transferred to Daleena’s new bed. Meanwhile, Dr. Jaclyn Kappico examined another preemie, Julian, as his mother Stephanie Torres of Simi Valley looked on. Her son was born at 27 weeks, and has been in an incubator for nearly a month.
The decision to expand the NICU was prompted by frequent overcrowding of the 12-bed NICU at Providence Holy Cross which opened well over a decade ago. By adding six new beds to the neonatal intensive care unit, the hospital now has 18 beds for preemies.
The expansion will enable the hospital to provide specialized care for newborns without needing to transfer them to other San Fernando Valley hospitals, and will let new mothers remain at Providence Holy Cross during their recoveries.
Isabel Gutierrez, of Pacoima, visits with her one-month-old daughter Daleena Rincon in Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Nurse Joan Hett and respiratory therapist Mary Anne Joaquin move one-month-old Daleena Rincon, who was born premature, to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dr. Jaclyn Kappico speaks with Stephanie Torres, of Simi Valley, as she examines Torres’ son Julian, who was born at 27 weeks and is in an incubator, before moving Julian into Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dr. Jaclyn Kappico examines Stephanie Torres’ son Julian who was born at 27 weeks and has been living in an incubator for nearly a month, before moving Julian into Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Luz Villegas, of Pacoima, gets help with her son Adrian, who was born at 27 weeks and has been living in an incubator for three weeks, before Adrian is moved into Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Stephanie Torres’ son Julian, who was born at 27 weeks and has been living in an incubator for nearly a month, awaits being moved into Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dr. Jaclyn Kappico examines Stephanie Torres’ son Julian who was born at 27 weeks and has been living in an incubator for nearly a month, before moving Julian into Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s expanded and renovated NICU unit at the Mission Hills hospital on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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