Wolfson Children’s Hospital receives record-breaking donation from Jacksonville family

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Wolfson Children’s Hospital announced Friday it has received a record-breaking donation.

The donation to the ‘Hope Starts Here’ campaign will help establish The Borowy Family Children’s Critical Care Tower: a seven-story, $224 million building that will serve as the new entryway to the grounds of Baptist Health’s flagship medical center and Wolfson Children’s, expanding access to the world-class, integrative care provided to critically ill and injured infants and children.

The tower is scheduled to open in Jan. 2022.

Dr. Thom and Pat Borowy and their children, Hayden Borowy and Megan Borowy Walker, and son-in-law, Mark Walker, requested the exact amount of the donation remain confidential.

“My family and I have grown to know the Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s Hospital family very well throughout our careers and community involvement,” Dr. Borowy, a local, retired clinical psychologist said in a statement. “We have been particularly moved by the stories of patients and families at Wolfson Children’s, who are in extremely difficult critical care situations, most often through no fault of their own. We see no better investment than in the health of these children. Moreover, there is no better hospital positioned to treat and care for them than Wolfson Children’s. This opportunity encapsulates the guiding mission our family lives by.”

“Wolfson Children’s is incredibly grateful for this transformative gift from the Borowy family,” said Michael D. Aubin, FACHE, president of Wolfson Children’s Hospital and chief philanthropy officer for the Baptist Health Foundation. “The Borowys’ profound generosity is helping us develop the children’s hospital of tomorrow: a world-class, family-centered facility that will shape the next evolution of pediatric critical care.”

Comprised of five floors dedicated to patient care and 127 state-of-the-art patient beds, The Borowy Family Children’s Critical Care Tower will provide the space and resources needed to care for the region’s growing number of critically ill and injured patients and their families, including:

• An 89-bed high-level Neonatal Intensive Care Center, with three separate units spanning three floors
• A 26-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) that includes a 6-bed Neuro Intensive Care Unit
• A 10-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
• A 2-bed specialty Burn & Wound Unit

“It is an honor to be a part of this important initiative for our community, knowing the impact it will have on children’s lives for many years to come,” said Roseann Duran, campaign chair of “Hope Starts Here” and the donor honored for the Duran Genetics Center. “I have always felt strongly about how fortunate we are to have a world-class children’s hospital right here in Jacksonville, and my hope is that our neighbors and friends from around the region will join us in this campaign for Wolfson Children’s.”

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