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The Hospital for Sick Children recently modernized its Plastic Surgery Clinic for the Burns, Plastics and Craniofacial Programs.

The new space, which reopened on Nov. 15 with a celebration in the hospital’s Atrium, is a result of a $500,000 gift from KRG Children’s Charitable Foundation, affiliated with the Toronto-based KRG Insurance Group. Their generous gift ensured vital, life-saving equipment was updated, while treatment rooms, staff lounges and waiting areas were expanded. In addition to first-time consultations and referrals, occupational therapy and physiotherapy will now be practiced here.

The Plastic Surgery Clinic, which is the highest traffic area of the hospital, each year provides comprehensive care to more than 8,000 patients with congenital or acquired craniofacial abnormalities, burns, scars, pigmented lesions and vascular malformations - with conditions ranging from cleft lip and palate to severe burns and facial paralysis.The new facility has been described as a safe-haven for paediatric patients, accommodating and promoting more family-centric care.