Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Pediatric Short Stay Unit received a few special guests in May— kindergarteners from Chelsea’s PS 33 who were studying a “Med School” curriculum—and more visits from the school are on the agenda for this academic year. “I was giving Biology 101 lessons to these children, and they were eating it up,” says C. Anthoney Lim, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which includes the Short Stay Unit for young patients who require less than 48 hours of hospitalization. Along with their biology lesson, students received new bike helmets and toured an ambulance and the emergency room. In June, the Unit received a second visit from PS 33 when fifth graders came bearing goodie bags filled with books and coloring activities for pediatric patients.
