
Home Helping Children How to be a Shriner Up Coming Events Officers Get-2-Know-Us New Members Adventure Advertising Christmas Party Golf Tournament IHOP Fund Raiser Parades Potentates Visit Raffle Shrine Park	Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of pediatric specialty hospitals, founded by the Shrine, where children under the age of 18 receive excellent medical care. There are 18 orthopaedic Shriners Hospitals, three Shriners Hospitals dedicated to treating children with severe burns, and one Shriners Hospital that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. Shriners Hospitals are located throughout North America — 20 in the United States and one each in Mexico and Canada. These "Centers of Excellence" serve as major referral centers for children with complex orthopedic and burn problems. All of the orthopedic hospitals are equipped and staffed to treat children with congenital orthopedic deformities, problems resulting from orthopedic injuries, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Three of the orthopedic hospitals also have special programs dedicated to caring for children with spinal cord injuries. The Shriners Hospitals treat children with acute, fresh burns; children needing plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery as a result of "healed" burns; children with severe scarring, resulting in contractures or interference with mobility of the limbs; and children with scarring and deformity of the face. ACCEPTABLE CASES Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) Back problems Club feet Dislocated hip Hip dysphasia Legg-Perthes disease Leg length discrepancies Amputation or deficiency of limbs Fractures (non-emergency) Orthopedic congenital deformities Orthopedic sports injuries Osteogenesis imperfecta Rickets Polio Musculoskeletal disorders Pediatric and orthopedic problems related to: cerebral palsy spina bifida Deformities due to burns Scar revision Reconstructive surgery Cleft lip Microtia Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Arthrogryposis Genetics NON-ACCEPTABLE CASES Epilepsy Heart problems Hemophilia Eye and/or hearing problems Kidney problems Saddle-nose deformity Severely retarded or brain damaged Shriners Hospitals accept and treat children without regard to race, religion or relationship to a Shriner. Any child may be eligible for treatment at a Shriners Hospital if the child is under 18 and if, in the opinion of the hospital's chief of staff, the child has an orthopedic or burn condition that Shriners Hospitals can help. If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please contact Mark VanDer Vere 325-2644 or a Shriner

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of pediatric specialty hospitals, founded by the Shrine, where children under the age of 18 receive excellent medical care.

There are 18 orthopaedic Shriners Hospitals, three Shriners Hospitals dedicated to treating children with severe burns, and one Shriners Hospital that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. Shriners Hospitals are located throughout North America — 20 in the United States and one each in Mexico and Canada. These "Centers of Excellence" serve as major referral centers for children with complex orthopedic and burn problems.

All of the orthopedic hospitals are equipped and staffed to treat children with congenital orthopedic deformities, problems resulting from orthopedic injuries, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Three of the orthopedic hospitals also have special programs dedicated to caring for children with spinal cord injuries.

The Shriners Hospitals treat children with acute, fresh burns; children needing plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery as a result of "healed" burns; children with severe scarring, resulting in contractures or interference with mobility of the limbs; and children with scarring and deformity of the face.

ACCEPTABLE CASES

Scoliosis (curvature of the spine)
Back problems
Club feet
Dislocated hip
Hip dysphasia
Legg-Perthes disease
Leg length discrepancies
Amputation or deficiency of limbs
Fractures (non-emergency)
Orthopedic congenital deformities
Orthopedic sports injuries
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Rickets
Polio
Musculoskeletal disorders
Pediatric and orthopedic problems related to:
cerebral palsy
spina bifida
Deformities due to burns
Scar revision
Reconstructive surgery
Cleft lip
Microtia
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Arthrogryposis
Genetics

NON-ACCEPTABLE CASES

Epilepsy
Heart problems
Hemophilia
Eye and/or hearing problems
Kidney problems
Saddle-nose deformity
Severely retarded or brain damaged

Shriners Hospitals accept and treat children without regard to race, religion or relationship to a Shriner. Any child may be eligible for treatment at a Shriners Hospital if the child is under 18 and if, in the opinion of the hospital's chief of staff, the child has an orthopedic or burn condition that Shriners Hospitals can help.

If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help,
please contact Mark VanDer Vere 325-2644 or a Shriner