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Nurse Honored for Compassionate Care with Prestigious DAISY Award

August 14, 2026

MADERA, Calif. – Valley Children’s Healthcare nurse Peter Rantz has been honored with the DAISY Award, a national recognition program that celebrates nurses for extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate patient care. Rantz, a nurse in Pediatric Rehabilitation, was nominated by two…

Lilly, a patient at Valley Children's, waves to friends, family and staff as she heads home.

After 168 Days, Perseverant Patient Receives Emotional Hospital Send-Off

May 13, 2026

MADERA, Calif. – Doctors and staff at Valley Children’s joined friends and family to celebrate a long-awaited milestone: a patient heading home after more than five months of care. Lilly suffered a life-threatening neurovascular injury that led to a 168-day stay…

Valley Children’s Celebrates a Decade of ECMO Heroes with Annual Family Picnic

April 20, 2026

MADERA, Calif. – Hundreds of patients, families and staff gathered at Valley Children’s on Saturday to celebrate and honor the journeys of those who received support from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life-saving intervention used when all other life support measures…

Crystal Aguayo holds a small sculpture and smiles in front of a sign that reads "Valley Children's Hospital."

Valley Children’s Honors First Winner of Prestigious Nursing Award

October 2, 2025

MADERA, Calif. – When Crystal Aguayo transitioned from the operating room to the pediatric intensive care unit, she set a goal to connect more deeply with patients and families. That goal came full circle when she became the first recipient…

Members of the Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation take a photo with representatives of Kern Valley State Prison

Driving Change: Prison Employees Raise Thousands of Dollars for PICU

July 16, 2025

MADERA, Calif. – Employees of Kern Valley State Prison in Delano paid a visit to Valley Children’s Hospital to make a special delivery: a check that will support some of the hospital’s most vulnerable patients. The team teed off with…

Valley Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Earns Prestigious Silver Beacon Award

Valley Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Earns Prestigious Silver Beacon Award

October 15, 2024

MADERA, Calif. – Valley Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) has once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment to exceptional patient care and an innovative and nurturing work environment by earning the prestigious silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American…

Valley Children’s Pediatric Resident Presents Research on Healthcare Disparities at National Critical Care Conference

Valley Children’s Pediatric Resident Presents Research on Healthcare Disparities at National Critical Care Conference

October 30, 2022

DAVIS, Calif. – Second-year pediatric resident Dr. Bhavishya Devireddy recently presented an abstract of a study she coauthored, which examined healthcare disparities among trauma patients requiring pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission in the COVID-19 era. Dr. Devireddy presented the…