Shriners Hospitals for Children
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The Shriners Hospitals for Children is a hospital network across North America headquartered in Tampa, Florida. They are most notable for offering free hospital care for children and are supported by the activities of the Shriners. It serves as the charitable arm of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The Shrine is an appendant order of the Freemasons.
The network consists of twenty-two hospitals in the United States, Mexico and Canada. They were formed to treat young victims of polio, but as that disease was controlled they broadened their scope. They now deal with all pediatric orthopaedic cases, as well as burn and spinal cord injuries, and cleft palate repair. The Shrine has pioneered new treatments for these conditions.
There is never any charge for treatment at a Shriners Hospital. There is no requirement for religion, race, or relationship to a Freemason. Patients must be under the age of eighteen and treatable. Local Shrine temples most often provide free transportation to the nearest hospital.
[edit] Shriners Hospitals
- United States of America
- Boston Shriners Hospital
- Chicago Shriners Hospital
- Cincinnati Shriners Hospital
- Erie Shriners Hospital
- Galveston Shriners Hospital - on the UTMB campus
- Greenville Shriners Hospital
- Honolulu Shriners Hospital
- Houston Shriners Hospital
- Intermountain Shriners Hospital - Salt Lake City
- Lexington Shriners Hospital
- Los Angeles Shriners Hospital
- Northern California Shriners Hospital - Sacramento
- Philadelphia Shriners Hospital
- Portland Shriners Hospital
- Shreveport Shriners Hospital - The very first Shriners Hospital
- Spokane Shriners Hospital
- Springfield Shriners Hospital
- St. Louis Shriners Hospital
- Tampa Shriners Hospital
- Twin Cities Shriners Hospital - Minneapolis
- Canada
- Shriners Hospital-Canada — Montreal serving Canada, and the northeast USA
- Mexico
- Mexico City Shriners Hospital
