Because Every Child Needs a Christmas

Just days before Christmas, Mount Carmel West Emergency Department Nurse Sarah J. learned her 3-year-old patient wouldn’t be having a Christmas this year because her family could not afford to buy gifts.

Saddened at the thought of a child going without a visit from Santa, Sarah sprang into action.

She went to her car and gathered some toys that belonged to her daughter, as well as a new doll meant to be a present for her niece. She surprised her patient with the gifts and told her Santa had visited the hospital early this year.

Thank you, Sarah, for going out of your way to brighten a patient’s holiday, for truly putting our patients at the center of everything you do.