Skip to main content
Find a DoctorGet Care Now
Skip to main content
Search icon magnifying glass

Contrast

Contact

Share

Donate

MyChart

Help

Newborns don red hats to raise awareness about heart health

Little Hats Big Hearts

Monday, February 5, 2018

Greenwich, Conn. (Feb. 5, 2018) – Babies born at Greenwich Hospital will wear red knitted hats in February to raise awareness about heart disease and congenital heart defects through the American Heart Association’s Little Hats, Big Hearts program.

Greenwich Hospital is among the hundreds of hospitals nationwide participating in Little Hats, Big Hearts to celebrate American Heart Month. The goal is to raise awareness about heart disease, the leading cause of death among Americans, and congenital heart disease, the most common type of birth defect in the country. In Connecticut, volunteers knitted and donated nearly 3,200 red hats for the program.

“We’re thrilled to participate in the Little Hats, Big Hearts program. It’s never too early to start raising awareness about heart health,” said Jeanne VanSciver, RN, perinatal senior coordinator at Greenwich Hospital, which welcomes more than 2,700 newborns a year. The hospital offers perinatology services for women with high-risk pregnancies and has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Level III A for newborns needing specialized care.

Congenital heart defects are structural problems with the heart present at birth. They result when a mishap occurs during heart development soon after conception and often before the mother knows she is pregnant. Defects range in severity from simple problems, such as holes between chambers of the heart, to severe malformations, such as the complete absence of one or more chambers or valves.

Similar Articles

7/22/2025

Breast Center at Greenwich Hospital and Cancer Program achieve prestigious national accreditation

Greenwich, CT (July 21, 2025) – Greenwich Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital proudly announce that the Greenwich Hospital Breast Center has received reaccreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. In addition, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich has achieved renewal of its accreditation as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Program by the Commission on Cancer (CoC), also a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.

7/2/2025

Greenwich Hospital launches revolutionary treatment for enlarged prostate

Greenwich, CT (July 2, 2025) – Last night, Greenwich’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the construction of the Smilow Cancer Hospital inside the walls of Greenwich Hospital.

6/18/2025

YNHHS employees honored as 2025 healthcare heroes by the Connecticut Hospital Association

New Haven, CT (June 18, 2025) – Yale New Haven Health is proud to announce that four employees were honored with the 2025 Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) Healthcare Heroes Award.