Media Alert: Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Grand Opening Week Photo Opportunities and Activities

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Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children

Aug 17, 2010, 08:00 ET

DENVER, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC), HealthONE's "pediatric hospital within a hospital," will mark the grand opening of a campus expansion at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Aug. 19-22 and will begin treating patients Aug. 31. Grand Opening activities include:

Ribbon Cutting
When: Aug. 19, 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Where: The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL
1719 E. 19th Ave., Denver, 80218
Who: Remarks from Denver Mayor and gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper, Governor Bill Ritter, HealthONE CEO and President Jeff Dorsey, RMHC CEO Mimi Roberson and RMHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Reggie Washington

Kaleidoscope Ball: Through the Eyes of a Child
When: Aug. 21, 6 p.m. - midnight
Where: The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL
1719 E. 19th Ave, Denver, 80218
Who: The Javon Jackson Band and The Tripping Griswolds Band
What: The Kaleidoscope Ball is a fund raiser for Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation. Tickets are available to the public by calling 303-839-6782.


Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Community Day
When: Aug. 22, noon - 4 p.m.
Where: The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL
1719 E. 19th Ave, Denver, 80218
Who: Musical performances by Doctor Noize, Funkiphino, The Little League and Academy of Rock, animal visitors from the Denver Zoo, bracelet making based on nutritional pyramid, digital family photo booth with kids costumes, Doll and teddy bear "hospital," behind-the-scenes hospital area tours, AIRLIFE ambulance and helicopter tours, old-fashioned ice cream man bicycle cart and special gifts for each child to take home

About Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children

Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC) is a regional resource for specialty pediatric care founded in 1977 by private practice pediatric specialists at HealthONE's Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. Today, RMHC provides trusted care from within six HealthONE facilities throughout the Denver metro area and in specialty pediatric outreach centers in Douglas County, Colo., Broomfield, Colo., and Casper, Wyo. It is the trusted choice of pediatric and pre-natal care for Denver families. The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children campus at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is home to the region's largest and busiest neonatal intensive care. It is the only center in the region that offers both high-risk pregnancy care and neonatology on one campus — keeping mothers and babies together in the same hospital for optimal care. Patients are cared for by only board-certified or board-eligible physicians to provide the highest level of care.

www.rockymountainhospitalforchildren.com.

About HealthONE

HCA-HealthONE LLC is the largest healthcare system in the metro Denver area with 8,500 employees and 3,000 affiliated physicians. Named Colorado's "Best Company for Working Families -- large business category," in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the health system was created in 1995 as a 50/50 joint venture between non-profit The Colorado Health Foundation (formerly HealthONE Alliance), Colorado's 2nd-largest charitable foundation, and various affiliates of HCA.

HealthONE includes: The Medical Center of Aurora and Centennial Medical Plaza; North Suburban Medical Center; Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children; Rose Medical Center; Sky Ridge Medical Center; Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital; Swedish Medical Center and Swedish Southwest ER; 11 ambulatory surgical centers; more than 30 occupational medicine/rehabilitation, Broncos Sports Medicine, specialty, and outpatient diagnostic imaging clinics; and AIRLIFE, which provides critical care air and ground transportation for a seven-state region.

www.HealthONEcares.com

SOURCE Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children