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Help for
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Emergency
Medical Services for Children
Healing The Children "...arrange for
medical screening of the child,
immigration documentation, transportation,
host family support, donated medical care,
and return of the child to his or her
country of origin.
- HTC
provides services in the U.S. and
throughout the world.
- HTC
serves children who cannot obtain
medical care and treatment.
- HTC
medical teams travel to countries with a
high need, to heal children there.
- HTC
brings to the U.S. cases that can't be
treated in the child's country.
- HTC
helps American children who have fallen
through the cracks.
HTC provides medical care and treatment
without regard to religious belief,
national origin, political views, or
cultural differences.
- HTC's
definition of "medical care" includes
medical, surgical and dental care, in
hospitals, clinics, and temporary
locations.
- HTC
collaborates with businesses, government
agencies, other nonprofit organizations,
and service organizations, in the U.S.
and around the world.
- HTC
selects countries and locations within
them where we are invited, which are
reasonably stable, and where we can
benefit children in need.
Shriner
Hospitals for Children "....a
network of 22 hospitals that provide expert,
no-cost orthopaedic and burn care to children
under 18....
"Some
of the orthopaedic problems most commonly
treated at Shriners Hospitals include:
- Scoliosis
(curvature of the spine) and spinal
deformities
- Clubfoot
and related deformities
- Osteogenesis
imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Spina
bifida/myelodysplasia
- Skeletal
growth abnormalities
- Neuromuscular
disorders
- Hand
disorders
- Hip
disorders, including Legg-Perthes
disease
- Orthopaedic
problems resulting from cerebral palsy
- Limb
deficiencies
- Leg
length discrepancies
- Metabolic
bone disease
"If you know of a
child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help,
please call our toll-free patient referral lines:
In the U.S.:
1-800-237-5055.
In Canada: 1-800-361-7256.
The
National Children's Cancer Society
(N.C.C.S.) "is a non-profit tax exempt
organization whose mission is to provide direct
financial support to children with cancer and
their families, for expenses related to cancer
treatment. We assist children from birth to age 18
and their families throughout the United States."
"The N.C.C.S.
works with more than 200 pediatric oncology
hospitals and cancer centers to identify and help
children and families in need. We help any family
able to demonstrate financial need regardless of
socio-economic status prior to diagnosis.
....Families are referred to us through our
network of over 200 hospitals across the country.
Hospital professionals guide the families through
the application process, confirming the need with
letters of support. Upon receiving the
application, NCCS assigns a case manager to the
family who is responsible for determining how we
might help. The National Children's Cancer Society
pays for children's treatments when they are going
to be denied due to a lack of funding. Medical
procedures we cover include bone marrow
transplants, donor searches and harvests,
pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and other
cancer treatment procedures that meet with the
approval of our medical advisory board. We assist
with food, lodging, and travel costs so that
parents can be with their hospitalized child. We
help offset ordinary living expenses such as rent
and health insurance premiums when a family's
income has been effected by cancer...."
Childrens
Hospital Medical Center Foundation
"....supports the expert diagnosis, treatment
and follow up care of sick children as well as the
research and development of new therapies and
cures for childrens diseases. The Foundation
raises funds for Childrens Hospital Oakland,
the largest, busiest and most comprehensive
pediatric facility between Seattle and Los
Angeles. Childrens Hospital takes pride in
caring for all children, especially the urban
poor, most of whom have no private health care
coverage. For more than 88 years, our tradition
has been to turn no child in the region away
because of lack of funds...."
Methodist
Children's Hospital of South Texas "...Is
committed to treating every child who comes
through the hospital's doors - regardless of
religion, race or ability to pay....Treats
patients from a 26 county area, as well as other
states and countries...."
Outreach
and Primary Health Services for Homeless Children
The
Hospital for Sick Children: Herbie Fund
"....An increasing number of sick
children from around the world and their
families look to the Herbie Fund at The
Hospital for Sick Children to provide
treatment not available in their homeland.
Over time, children from approximately 77
countries have received specialized
medical and surgical help that would not
otherwise be available to them.
"The
Herbie Fund helps approximately 20-25
children every year. The number of
children helped depends entirely on the
amount of money donated. Unfortunately,
there are always more applications than
can be accepted.
"Costs
can vary greatly, depending on the type of
treatment involved as well as the amount
of help needed. The average cost per
patient is approximately $25,000 -
$30,000...."
Operation
Smile "....The groups
mission is to (1) provide reconstructive
surgery for children in developing
countries with cleft lips and palates,
facial tumors, burn scars, club feet and
other orthopedic deformities; (2) train
local medical staff in these surgery
techniques and follow-up care; and (3)
provide such care to American children
whose families have inadequate or no
health care coverage....:
The
Child Survival Site is dedicated
to helping prevent a child's
susceptibility to disease, blindness and
death caused by being vitamin A deficient.
Go there once a day and click to donate
a vitamin A capsule to a needy child.
Life
Adventure Series: Diabetes CD-ROM
"is available free of charge to
children with diabetes and their parents,
compliments of the STARBRIGHT Foundation
and Eli Lilly and Company..."
The
Better Vision for Children Foundation (BVC)
"....prevent and cure partial or total
blindness resulting from Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
- Payment of, or
reduction in, the cost of the prescription
eyeglasses or lenses required treatment of the
underlying disorders of Amblyopia ...."
siblingcordblood.org
- The Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program....
facilitate the collection, transportation and
storage of umbilical cord blood free of charge for
eligible families.
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