N.J. The first free-standing children's hospital in the state of New Jersey opened today, promising to be among the most advanced in the nation.
Today is an important milestone for the advancement of children's health in our state.
We looked at the best centers in the country and we combined all of their finest features here, making our new children's hospital the most medically advanced and family-friendly hospital. In addition to providing the finest care available, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will strive to improve the quality of care for children throughout the region by increasing local availability of specialty services, deploying the educational strengths of the medical school, expanding the basic science and clinical research of the medical school and hospital and by advocating for the needs of children and their families at the state and national levels. Ensuring exceptional care and support for children who need to be in the hospital and partnering with the community and state to improve the overall health of the children. It has really taught me a lot and helped me understand how hard it can be for kids to be physically different or ill. That's why I think it is so important that kids in my home state now have a wonderful place all their own to take care of their special needs.