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In Photos: Hospital Halloween Happiness

byRichard H. Grant, Photo Editor
October 31, 2023
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4-year-old Kataleya Suazo, dressed as Princess Elsa, reaches for a brightly lit treasure chest at the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
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This Halloween, children that are having a longer stay at Long Beach MemorialCare’s Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital didn’t miss out on trick-or-treating.

Hospital employees have transformed one of the center’s event halls with decorated Halloween booths staffed by various hospital departments. 

Patients were escorted from their rooms in full costume, accompanied by the Long Beach Fire Department and Child Life specialists, to go “trick-or-treating” and collect toys, games and prizes.

The program aims to bring a sense of normalcy to hospitalized children by helping them participate in the holiday festivities with events and activities for patients and their families to create unique holiday memories and forget about treatment.

In Photos:

Din Djarin the Mandalorian holds up the wee baby Grogu and poses for pictures for children attending the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A baby shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo’s onto the nose of Bo, a 2-year-old therapy dog that helps out at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital during the trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023.
A young Batman peeks out from his cowl to quickly grab a bag of goodies during the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Two of the Pirates of the Trauma Service dance around together to a sea shanty during the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Din Djarin the Mandalorian gives a fist bump to a young Spider-Man with a bag full of candy from the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital trick-or-treating event for hospital patients on Halloween 2023. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
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