USA Health celebrates Halloween

Photo Gallery: Costumes, Decorations and Pumpkin Carving

Photo Gallery: Halloween in the NICU at Children's & Women's Hospital

Employees from across USA Health celebrated Halloween with creative costumes, scary decorations and pumpkin carving contests.

Some employees dressed up and visited Children’s & Women’s Hospital on Oct. 29 to take part in reverse trick-or-treating. The adults delivered candy to youngsters receiving infusions and to patients who didn’t have the chance to leave the hospital to celebrate Halloween.

In the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s & Women’s Hospital, parents were given colorful pieces of material to craft into tiny costumes for their babies.

Winners were named in contests for best costume, department decorations, and pumpkin carvings at several USA Health facilities.

The winners of the Best Decorated Department at University Hospital were:

• 1^st Place: Medical ICU
• 2^nd Place: CT
• 3^rd Place: 8^th Floor

The winners of the pumpkin decorating contest at Children’s & Women’s Hospital were:

• 1^st Place: Surgical services
• 2^nd Place: Santos Nuno, radiology clerk
• 3^rd Place: PACU

The winner of the costume contest at Children’s & Women’s Hospital was the respiratory department.

The winners of the Halloween contest for the Ambulatory division were:

Health Care Management

• 1^st Place: Wizard of Oz, Neurology
• 2^nd Place: Wizard of Oz, Pediatrics
• 3^rd Place: Sesame Street, Mastin Surgery

Health Care Authority

• 1^st Place: Free Britney, ENT
• 2^nd Place: Bees, OB-GYN
• 3^rd Place: 101 Dalmatians, Family Practice