Last month, Joseph Ferrara, member of the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Board of Trustees, officially kicked off the construction of the new Ferrara Family Center for Hospice Care.
Ferrara ceremoniously demolished a wall with the sledgehammer that was previously presented to him at the hospice center’s unveiling event.
Mr. Ferrara started the process of building what will be the premiere hospice unit in the region, an effort that he has championed since day one.
The campaign to build a new hospice unit was one that took a great deal of time, effort and money. Thankfully, through the support and generous donations made by Mr. Ferrara as well as others, the Ferrara Family Center for Hospice Care is now taking shape and is scheduled to open this spring.
The new, ten-bed Ferrara Family Center for Hospice Care will replace the existing hospice unit on the fourth floor of the hospital’s ‘C” building and will enable Jamaica Hospital to offer patients facing end-of- life and their families every comfort and convenience during a very difficult time in their lives. The unit will feature oversized private rooms and a family lounge. Once complete, Jamaica Hospital will have a unit to match the high level of compassionate care that the hospice staff has always provided to their patients.