For nearly 85 years, Shriners Hospitals for Children has provided some of the best medical care in the world, totally free of charge, to more than 835,000 children with orthopaedic conditions, burn injuries of all degrees, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate.

        Facts

• 251,461  radiology procedures
• 296,859  outpatient, outreach and telemedicine visits
• 61,103    orthotic and prostheses devices
• 24,609    surgical procedures
• 412,387  physical therapy treatments
• 181,174  occupational therapy treatments
  

       Figures

          Shriners Hospitals’ total budget for 2007 is $721 million, of which $655 million is targeted for operating expenses (including
          $37 million for research) and $66 million for buildings and equipment expenditures. During the nearly 85-year history of the
          Shriners Hospitals, it has cost approximately $8.2 billion to operate Shriners Hospitals, and over $1.76 billion has been
          spent on construction and renovation.

Orthopaedic Hospitals

The 18 orthopaedic Shriners Hospitals are dedicated to providing specialized medical and rehabilitative services to children with congenital deformities, problems resulting from orthopaedic injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Some of the most commonly treated disorders include clubfoot, limb deficiencies and discrepancies, scoliosis, osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and problems related to spina bifida, cerebral palsy, dwarfism and muscular dystrophy.

Burn Care

Located in Galveston, Boston, Cincinnati and Sacramento, the Shriners burn hospitals have been leaders in burn research since opening in the mid-1960s. Treatment is provided for severe burn injuries and related scarring, along with physical and emotional rehabilitation. This vast experience and knowledge has had far-reaching affects on burn treatment techniques worldwide.

          Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

       In the 1980s. Shriners Hospitals established a spinal cord injury rehabilitation program for children. These programs, at
           the Chicago, Northern California and Philadelphia hospitals, are among the few in the United States specifically designed
           to treat children and teenagers with spinal cord injuries.