Building on a legacy of care, Children’s of Mississippi celebrated the first birthday of the opening of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower while looking ahead to the future for the state’s only children’s hospital.

The Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi celebrated a year of care Nov. 2, a year after surgical suites, pediatric imaging and outpatient specialty clinics opened on the tower’s first day of operation. Within the next two days, the Sanderson Tower had opened pediatric intensive care rooms and two floors of private neonatal intensive care rooms.

Balloons, cupcakes, a videotape of patients singing “Happy Birthday” and a visit from Joe and Kathy Sanderson, chairs of the Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi, made for a birthday celebration that was streamed live on Facebook.

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