What is Vital?

Richmond University Medical Center has steadfastly provided health care in the Staten Island community for more than 100 years. As the community’s only hospital located outside of a flood zone, RUMC is essential for residents island-wide. However, we have reached a critical stage where our aging infrastructure cannot meet current and projected health care demands, especially with the fast-tracked revitalization of the borough’s North Shore.

One in three residents in our community is affected by a lack of health care. The Medical Center serves the borough’s only designated Medically Underserved Area, complicated by financial, linguistic, and cultural barriers to care. Staten Island’s rates of chronic disease and mortality are among the highest citywide, driving the need for care.

Immediate access to care is not a luxury. It is a necessity—particularly for emergency services.

While RUMC’s level of care is exemplary, the emergency room and patient areas are outdated in size and technology.

Through Vital: Our Campaign to Transform Emergency Care, you can help us open the door to the level of care our community needs.

Brick Campaign

The Richmond University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a Brick Fundraising Campaign! This is a unique opportunity for the community to show their support of our new Emergency Department by purchasing a personalized, engraved brick that will be placed outside the entrance. Not only will you be able to help us in “Paving the Way to the Future of Staten Island Healthcare”, but you can leave a permanent family or company legacy in our community.

Bricks are $500.00 each

For more information on purchasing a brick, please visit https://www.rumcvital.com/

Naming Opportunities

In addition to the satisfaction that comes from helping transform emergency care on Staten Island, donors have the option of naming areas within the Emergency Department after themselves or loved ones. Naming gifts generally range from $10,000 to $1.5 million for spaces and buildings. If one of these interests you, contact Laura Gajda at (718)-818-2103.

Giving	Donor Recognition Area	Availability
$1,500,000	Lobby	Reserved
$1,000,000	Family Waiting Area	Reserved
$1,000,000	Pediatric Emergency Care Wing
$1,000,000	Results Waiting Area
$500,000	Observation Unit
$250,000	Urgi-Care	Reserved
$250,000	Triage Area (2)	1 Reserved
$250,000	Imaging Services
$250,000	Cardiac Critical Care Unit	Reserved
$100,000	Trauma Bays (3)	1 Reserved
$100,000	Discharge Waiting Area	Reserved
$100,000	Nurses’ Stations (6)	Pediatrics Reserved
$100,000	Intake Area	Reserved
$100,000	Security Desk
$100,000	Paramedic/EMT Lounge
$100,000	Awning/Overhang (top of building)	Reserved
$100,000	Entrance Vestibule	Reserved
$75,000	Ambulance Entrance	Reserved
$75,000	Safe Haven Facility	Reserved
$75,000	Sexual Assault Interview Room	Reserved
$75,000	Bariatric Treatment Room
$75,000	Awning/Overhang (Smaller-2)	Reserved
$50,000	Bereavement Room	Reserved
$50,000	ED Trauma Patient Room (2)	Reserved
$50,000	Stroke Area	Reserved
$50,000	Women’s Services	Reserved
$50,000	Medication Stations
$50,000	Physician Documentation Station	Reserved
$50,000	Patient Discharge	Reserved
$50,000	Quiet Area	Reserved
$50,000	Orthopedic Casting Rooms (2)
$25,000	Patient Rooms (49)	Several Reserved
$25,000	Computer Documentation Carts
$25,000	Patient Monitors
$25,000	Sculpture & Reflections Garden	Several Reserved
$25,000	Hallway Gallery Art	Several Reserved
$25,000	Custom Waiting Room Mural	Reserved
$10,000	Healing Garden	Reserved
$10,000	Outdoor Benches (approximately 4)	Several Reserved
$10,000	Fountain	Reserved