News

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County participated today in the international campaign Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. More than 40 sons and daughters of nurses, doctors, administrators, clerks and others—aged six to 18 years—participated in presentations, tours, and hands-on activities to spark possible future interest in a career in the health care field.

“Spending time showing the children of our staff the diversity of professions in our health care system is a privilege,” said NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Chief Operating Officer Graham Gulian. “It is a humbling experience to open the doors to the next generation of health care professionals. Their enthusiasm is awe-inspiring.”

Attendees enjoyed interactive presentations by staff from Nursing, Emergency Medicine, Neurology/Stroke, and Infection Control. One by one, the children took their turn on the “glow germ” machine, an infection control tool used to teach the importance of proper hand-washing. The teens participated in a special session on managing emotions.

Tours featured examining x-rays and equipment in Radiology exploring Behavioral Health through creative arts, seeing the Pathology laboratories, being introduced to the testing of respiratory functions, understanding how robotics have modernized pharmacy, and comparing vehicles used by NYPD and NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County hospital police. The young visitors were also introduced to recovery methods used in Rehabilitation Medicine and the daily functions of an operating room.

Dr. Robert Gore, founder of the Kings Against Violence Initiative, a youth empowerment and anti-violence program, talked to the teens about youth empowerment and responsibility, while younger participants spent time with the local NYPD Neighborhood Coordinating Officer Paul Parkinson of the 71st Precinct, learning about his work with the hospital.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is celebrated on Thursdays each year to allow children to share their experiences in school on Fridays. The campaign aims to encourage parents to expose children to the wide range of professions to which they can aspire.

Contact: Leticia Theodore-Greene, 718-245-3910

About NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County is a 639-bed, teaching hospital serving Central Brooklyn, East New York-New Lots, and Flatbush. The hospital was the first Level I Trauma Center for Adults in the nation, and the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Brooklyn. It is a NYSDOH-Designated AIDS Center and Stroke Center, and has also been designated as a Center of Excellence for diabetes and for Parkinson’s disease. In 2016, more than 113,000 people were seen in the emergency room and 678,900 people were seen in outpatient clinics. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County’s Behavioral Health Services Program has 235 inpatient beds; there were 2,481 adult admissions and 662 adolescent and child admissions in 2016. More than 7,400 people visited the Psychiatric Emergency Room in the past year, and 158,000 people receive care in the Behavioral Health outpatient program. The hospital has played a major role in providing health care to vulnerable populations in Brooklyn since 1831, and is part of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the nation. For more information visit, nychealthandhospitals.org/kingscounty.

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation serving more than a million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, home care agency, and MetroPlus health plan—all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Its diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org and stay connected on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NYCHealthSystem or Twitter at @NYCHealthSystem.