The
Children's
Hospital of
Philadelphia, the first
medical
institution in
America dedicated purely to caring for
sick and
injured
children. CHoP first opened its doors in
1855 and today has a reputation
as one of the finest
pediatric hospitals in the USA, and indeed
worldwide.
As well as the "front-line" services such as cure and care, CHoP has a
large research facility which investigates a wide range of ailments
affecting children. Of particular historical note is that
vaccines for mumps, whooping cough and influenza were developed
there, and currently much work is involved investigating child cancer and
HIV.
Node what you don't know: information compiled predominately from CHoP
website after an unrelated conversation!