Reunion for Former NICU Patients and Families

Friday, July 30, 2010

WHAT: 26th Annual Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion. This event will carry on a tradition, celebrating the continued good health and success of former patients with games, crafts, music and food.

WHO: Children who were patients at Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital NICU between January 2005 and July 2010 and their families. Mayo Clinic physicians and medical staff also will be in attendance to see their former patients and families.

WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, 2 to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Edith Graham Mayo Courtyard, Saint Marys Hospital, 1216 Second St. SW.

NOTE: More than 600 patients and their families are expected to attend. News media can arrive around 2 p.m. and should use the main entrance of Saint Marys on 14th Avenue Southwest to be escorted into the courtyard's entrance.

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