CHILDREN IN HARDHATS BREAK GROUND FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

Wearing hardhats and wielding toy bulldozers, current and former patients of New York Presbyterian Hospital broke ground for the new Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Children's Hospital of New York. Pictured helping with life sized shovels are, from left, Cynthia Sparer, executive director of the Children's Hospital of New York; Peter Karches, formerly of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital; John J. Mack, president and COO of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Dr. Peter Altman, surgeon-in-chief; Dr. John Driscoll, physician-in-chief; and John McGillicuddy, chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Presbyterian Hospital. The new facility is being built on the site of a former parking as a result of the philanthropic efforts of more than 300 employees of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, who contributed more than $55 million. The nine-story, 250,000 SF facility will house both patient and diagnostic services at the Children's Hospital, including neonatal and pedi atric intensive care units, and the most sophisticated equipment and information technology for bedside services.