Take a tour of the move from Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo to the new Oishei Children's Hospital in this photo gallery.
Children's Hospital "Move Day" photo gallery
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Signs outside the new Oishei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus proclaim its open for business.
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One of American Medcial Response's ambulances became a moving advertisement for the move from Women & Children's Hospital to the Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Kaleida Health CEO Jody Lomeo gives one of the "move updates" throughout the day.
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Clinical Logistics Lead Cassie Church is the nurse who was brought in to orchestrate the move.
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Two hours into the move, snow flurries began to fly outside the ambulance entrance to Women & Children's Hospital.
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Two hours into the move, snow flurries began to fly outside the ambulance entrance to Women & Children's Hospital.
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(from left) Mary Schmidt of Tonawanda, Shirley Romesburg of Blasdell, and Diane Nowatzki of Lancaster were among the more than 600 volunteers helping keep staff moving out of Women & Children’s.";
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Ambulances continue to line up for transports out of Women & Children's.
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Employees Transport staff moving to and from ambulances on move day.
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As patients moved out of the various wings of the hospital, staff and volunteers continued to work, packaging up supplies for transport.
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Volunteers and staff from other Kaleida hospitals help wrap equipment for a clean and safe transport to Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Left behind after patients and staff vacated, a poster on the wall of the respiratory wing of Women & Children's Hospital is one of the many signs of dedication to medical care.
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What's left of the sign outside the Hematology Oncology Unit at Women & Children's Hospital.
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Inside the Hematology Oncology Unit, the main desk is vacated by staff, but not entirely by equipment and computers.
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A room sits empty in the Hematology Oncology Unit at Women & Children's.
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The hallways are quiet in the Women & Children's Hematology Oncology Unit.
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After a busy morning of shipping out patients, and a couple of last deliveries, the Women & Children's Labor and Delivery Unit staff relax together.
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One of the empty rooms left behind after the Labor and Delivery unit is vacated.
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One of the empty rooms left behind after the Labor and Delivery unit is vacated.
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No babies except this one were left behind in the Labor and Delivery Unit at Women & Children's. It's sure to make the trip to Oishei Children's Hospital some time later on.
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No babies except this one were left behind in the Labor and Delivery Unit at Women & Children's. It's sure to make the trip to Oishei Children's Hospital some time later on.
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Volunteers and staff spend the afternoon hours wrapping equipment for safe transport to Oishei Children's Hospital.
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An incubator from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit remains in the hallway at Women & Children's Hospital, waiting to be packaged and transported to Oishei Children's Hospital.
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By the early afternoon, staff were referring to this wing of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit as a "ghost town."
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By the early afternoon, staff were referring to this wing of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit as a "ghost town."
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurses take a break after their patients are transported out of the unit. Their spirits are up during a game of UNO.
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Room number two, marked with a kangaroo, in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Women & Children's sits vacated after the move to Oishei.
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One of the few large imaging machines left behind at Women & Children's Hospital.
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Murals decorate many of the walls in Women & Children's Hospital.
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Murals decorate many of the walls in Women & Children's Hospital.
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Murals decorate many of the walls in Women & Children's Hospital.
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In one hallway of the hospital, ceiling tiles were painted by pediatric patients. Now that the hospital is vacated, the ceiling tiles are reportedly in high demand by parents.
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In one hallway of the hospital, ceiling tiles were painted by pediatric patients. Now that the hospital is vacated, the ceiling tiles are reportedly in high demand by parents.
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Ambulances remain on standby outside Women & Children's Hospital.
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One of Buffalo's iconic namesake statues outside the entrance to Women & Children's Hospital.
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Another transport departs Women & Children's Hospital, bound for Oishei.
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Outside Women & Children's Hospital.
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Outside Women & Children's Hospital.
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The Seeds of Hope Garden outside Women & Children's.
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Signs outside the new Oishei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus proclaim its open for business.
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The Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Colorful blocks mark the corner of Ellicott and High Streets outside of the Oishei Children's Hospital. At night, these blocks light the way to the region's best pediatric medical care.
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Colorful blocks mark the corner of Ellicott and High Streets outside of the Oishei Children's Hospital. At night, these blocks light the way to the region's best pediatric medical care.
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Colorful blocks mark the corner of Ellicott and High Streets outside of the Oishei Children's Hospital. At night, these blocks light the way to the region's best pediatric medical care.
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The Goodrich Street entrance to Oishei Children's Hospital.
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The entrance to Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Staff accept equipment from Women & Children's into Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Every nook and cranny of the equipment being brought in is given a thourough cleaning before being sent beyond the entrance of Oishei.
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Waiting to go to their final destination, cribs and other pediatric medical equipment fill the New Era Pavillion at the Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Ambulances remain lined up after transporting patients to the new Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Looking up to the 12 floors of the Oishei Children's Hospital.
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The view of dusk across the city from the 5th floor of the Oishei Children's Hospital.
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The Oishei Children's Hospital at night.
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Fewer and fewer lights are lit in Women & Children's Hospital after the patients have been vacated.
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Outside of Women & Children's Hospital on its final night of operation.
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Staff gather in the cafeteria of Women & Children's Hospital before making their final goodbye to the building.
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Staff gather for a final prayer in the cafeteria of Women & Children's Hospital before making their final goodbye to the building.
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An emotional time as staff gather in the cafeteria of Women & Children's Hospital before making their final goodbye to the building.
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Reverend Al Warner, chaplain of the Buffalo Common Council, offers a prayer and final reflections to the staff of Women & Children's Hospital.
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Staff carry electronic candles to celebrate the lights going out at Women & Children's Hospital. They'll take them with them to the new Oishei Children's Hospital.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Turkovich gives an emotional farewell speech and thank you to the staff at Women & Children's Hospital.
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Donna Alessi, Women & Children's longest-tenured NICU nurse has spent 45 years working at the hospital.
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A staff member toasts the end of Women & Children's Hospital on the final walk out.
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Cassie Church, clinical logistics lead of the move from Women & Children's Hospital, celebrates completion with a glass of champagne.
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Mary Ellen Creighton, director of nursing services, is interviewed by media on the final night at Women & Children's.
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The emergency department entrance to Women & Children's Hospital.
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Staff members toast the end of Women & Children's Hospital on the final walk out.
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The doors to Women & Children's Hospital announce the move to Oishei is complete.
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The sign outside Women & Children's Hospital now announces to the public that the hospital has moved to 818 Ellicott Street.
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