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Affiliated Temples The Greenville Shriners Hospital is a 60-bed pediatric orthopaedic hospital providing comprehensive orthopaedic care to children at no charge. The hospital is one of 22 Shriners Hospitals throughout North America. The Greenville Hospital accepts and treats children with routine and complex orthopaedic problems, utilizing the latest treatments and technology available in pediatric orthopaedics, resulting in early ambulation and reduced length of stay. Treatment Specialties An interdisciplinary approach is used in patient care programs to ensure comprehensive care for each patient. The staff includes orthopaedists and pediatricians, as well as other medical specialists. While the Greenville Hospital is equipped and staffed to provide care for virtually all pediatric orthopaedic problems, with the exception of acute trauma, the hospital has developed a special expertise in the following areas: Limb deficiency with prosthetic fitting Myelodysplasia Scoliosis Seating clinic Hip problems Foot clinic Some of the orthopaedic problems most commonly treated at Shriners Hospitals include: Spina bifida/myelodysplasia Skeletal growth abnormalities Metabolic bone disease Hand disorders Hip disorders Limb deficiencies Leg length discrepancies Teaching Affiliations Shriners Hospitals are proud of their role in medical education. Over the past 20 years, more than 8,000 physicians have received residency education or post-graduate fellowship training in the orthopaedic and burn hospitals. By maintaining a strong link with major teaching facilities, the Greenville Hospital fosters an academic environment committed to providing high quality orthopaedic care to all patients. The Greenville Hospital maintains teaching affiliations with the following: Greenville Hospital Duke University Medical Center Carolina Medical Center Palmetto/Richland Memorial Family-Centered Care Shriners Hospitals recognize that the family plays a vital role in a child's ability to overcome an illness or injury. The Greenville Hospital recognizes that each patient is part of a family unit which needs to be supported through interaction with the healthcare team. The patient and family are part of that team, and the family is encouraged to become involved in all aspects of the child's care and recovery, through a variety of special programs. Research More than 300 different and distinct diseases affect the bones, joints and supporting structures, composed mainly of fibrous tissues such as ligaments, tendons and cartilage. Many of these diseases are congenital, others are inherited, and a great many are both congenital and inherited. For only a handful is the cause presently known. Shriners Hospitals have been involved in clinical children's orthopaedic research since the early 1920s, and in the early 1960s, Shriners Hospitals aggressively entered the structured basic research field. Advances in research are shared widely among the 22 Shriners Hospitals and with other hospitals throughout North America. The Greenville Hospital's research programs focus on retrospective and prospective clinical evaluation of treatment modalities. Eligibility Requirements Referrals to the Greenville Hospital To refer a patient to the Greenville Shriners Hospital, referring physicians can contact Chief of Staff Benjamin Allen Jr., M.D. Application forms can also be obtained by calling any Shrine Temple or Shrine Club, or one of the toll-free information numbers: in the United States, 1-800-237-5055; or in Canada, 1-800-361-7256. For emergency burn admissions to one of the Shriners Hospitals that treat burns, the referring physician should telephone the chief of staff at the Shriners Hospital in Boston, Cincinnati, Galveston, or Sacramento and indicate the patient needs emergency care. Emergency care is not available at the orthopaedic hospitals. Supporting Shriners Hospitals To make a donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children, you can send a check, made payable to "Shriners Hospitals for Children," to any of the 22 Shriners Hospitals (see addresses of individual hospitals) or to:
To make a donation in memory of or in honor of another individual, just include a note indicating who the donation is in honor of or in memory of, and the name and address of the individual who should receive the acknowledgement. |
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