Most of us still remember how frightened we were being taken to the doctor as children – no matter how nice the physician, and how good the candy was afterward. St. Luke’s Hospital Auxilians remember and they are wrapping their arms around the community’s children in supporting the creation of a pediatric treatment room at St. Luke’s Hospital Emergency Department.

“Each year over 7,000 children from the community come to St. Luke’s ER for immediate medical attention,“ said Dr. Marc Snyder, Medical Director of St. Luke’s Emergency Department. “Entering a big city ER is frightening enough for anyone, but imagine the impact on a small child. We are very grateful to St. Luke’s Auxiliary for helping us fund a child-friendly treatment room in the ER with their Musée luncheon and fashion show on November 15.”

The new pediatric treatment room will have features such as an exam table in the form of a friendly animal, a cartoon character phone, and state of the art medical equipment will be screened with storybook character curtains.

“We realize that bringing a child to the Emergency Room is traumatic for the whole family. Often there are other difficulties such as the children being underinsured or uninsured,” said Dr. Snyder.  “St. Luke’s Auxiliary wants to help us make sure that there is a private and comforting place to help ease the child’s trauma and insure that each of them receives the best of care."

Maria Vicente-Puletti, St. Luke’s Auxiliary President and social worker at St. Luke’s Women’s Center said, “The Auxiliary has had a long tradition of supporting children’s services and we are very happy to support the ER pediatric treatment room with our annual Musée luncheon. We are also pleased to have the opportunity to honor Drs. Nancy and Richard Bohannon at the Musée this year. They have both practiced at the hospital for many decades and have been staunch St. Luke’ supporters.”

St. Luke’s 55 th Annual Musée de Noel will be held on Wednesday, November 15 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Festivities will begin at 10:30 with a silent auction and vendor sales. After a noon luncheon, guests can bid on lavish live auction items and will see Asian-influenced women‘s clothing designs by Victor Tung of Silk Road in San Francisco, and Patrick James West Coast Classics for men. Besides treating children in the ER, Dr. Snyder and his band “Dr. Jazz" will provide live music for the event.

For Musée tickets and information, contact St. Luke’s Hospital Volunteer Services at 415.641.6490.