TJ Maxx Employees Bring Smiles to St. Luke’s Pediatric Patients

TJ Maxx delivered treats and brought smiles on Friday to the Pediatric Unit at St. Luke’s University Hospital - Bethlehem, donating Easter baskets to the young patients and their families.

TJ Maxx delivered Easter baskets on Friday to patients in the St. Luke’s Pediatric Unit.

“We are truly blessed to receive a donation for the pediatric unit and are grateful to the employees at TJ Maxx for thinking of us,” said Pediatric Patient Care Manager Pat Gubich. “The smiles it brings to both the patient as well as their family warms our hearts.”

St. Luke’s University Health Network has a stable and growing foundation of pediatric primary care providers positioned at six private practices across nine sites and three clinic locations, as well as several pediatric specialty offices. The Network operates its 18 room inpatient pediatric unit at its St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem campus. 

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Brenda Hageter, Media Relations, (484)-526-3051, Brenda.hageter@sluhn.org

About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of 14,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and over 300 outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue of $1.9 billion, the Network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe and Schuylkill counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.  Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the region’s first and only regional medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 28 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 226 residents and fellows.  St. Luke’s is the only health care system in central-eastern Pennsylvania to earn Medicare’s five-star rating (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  St. Luke’s has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health (formerly Truven Health Analytics) repeatedly – six times total and four years in a row including 2018.  It has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.  Utilizing the EPIC electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.