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Twenty-year-old Kelly Tarantello doesn't remember the time she spent in Children's Hospital of Orange County's (CHOC) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) as a baby. But, her family has never forgotten the care she received from her doctors and other clinical staff for a heart defect- and for that, they wanted to give back.
Kelly's mother, Delphine Lee, credits CHOC critical care physician Paul Lubinsky, MD, and his unrelenting dedication with saving her daughter's life. After Delphine and her mother, Josie Y.S. Lee, went on a tour of the hospital with Anthony C. Chang, MD, medical director of the CHOC Heart Institute, Josie decided to make a $1 .5 million legacy gift to name its new PICU and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU).
This is not the first time a member of the Lee family has supported CHOC. Delphine and her husband Ron Ainsworth established an emergency fund in 1997 to cover meals, transportation and other expenses of families whose children were admitted to the CHOC PICU.
Of the family's generosity, CHOC President...