Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is the advanced pediatric center for New York's Hudson Valley region, caring for the community's most seriously ill and injured children. The 144-bed hospital is home to the Hudson Valley's only Level I pediatric trauma and burn care programs, pediatric intensive care unit, and regional neonatal intensive care unit (Level IV). See visiting hours The hospital was named for 13-year-old Maria Fareri, who in 1995 died tragically from rabies. Her parents, Brenda and John Fareri, wanted to honor her memory by helping to fulfill a wish she had expressed for "the health and well-being of all the children in the world." They channeled their grief into spearheading the creation of a children's hospital tha...