KALEIDA HEALTH / JOHN R . OISHEI CHILDREN ’ S HOSP
Mickey Mariacher and CEO Jody Lomeo putting pennies in concrete that will be used in the foundation . This is part of a fundraiser for Stone ’ s Buddies , a program for chronically ill children at the Women & Children ’ s Hospital of Buffalo
work through those three or four months .”
Safety is also another concern that is always on the forefront of everyone ’ s minds during a construction build . Oishei Children ’ s Hospital is being built next to an existing hospital that is still in operation , which offers its own set of unique challenges — such as accessibility to an adjacent helipad .
“ We had a lot of coordination between our crane operator and our pilot that mans the helicopter flights of sick patients to our helipad ,” shared Mariacher . “ Our tower crane is over 200 feet high , and the new hospital is only maybe 100 feet away from the existing hospital which is also 200 feet high . We spent about
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