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Medical Center Just For Kids
Since Children’s first opened its doors in 1954, the mission has been “to restore, sustain
and enhance the health and developmental potential of children.”
As the San Diego region’s only designated pediatric
trauma center and the only area hospital dedicated solely to pediatric care, Children’s is helping San Diego prepare for the
21st century. The goal is to help create a region where all children go to school healthy and ready to learn how to be productive,
responsible citizens. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders.
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*One
round of chemotherapy costs $1,000.00
*One child's pacemaker costs $4,500.00
*One specialized wheelchair costs $1,500.00
*Children's
sees approximately 133 trauma cases each month.
*Air Transportation is used in 14% of all trauma cases.
*Each day, Children's
performs 50 surgeries and one heart surgery.
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