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Children's National Hospital

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Children's National Hospital
Children's National logo.svg
CNMCentrance.jpg
The Sheikh Zayed Campus of Children's National Hospital
Geography
Location111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates38°55′38″N 77°00′52″W / 38.927291°N 77.014418°W / 38.927291; -77.014418Coordinates: 38°55′38″N 77°00′52″W / 38.927291°N 77.014418°W / 38.927291; -77.014418
Organization
Care systemCommercial, Medicaid
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeChildren's teaching hospital, Community hospital
Affiliated universityThe George Washington University
Services
Emergency departmentPediatric Level I Trauma Center
Beds303
History
Opened1870
Links
Websitewww.childrensnational.org
ListsHospitals in Washington, D.C.
This article is about Children's National Hospital. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).

Children's National Hospital (formerly Children's National Health System,[1] DC Children's Hospital, Children's National Medical Center) is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 323-bed, pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Washington D.C. It is affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and the Howard University College of Medicine.[2] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout the region.[3][4] The hospital features an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center, the only one in the District of Columbia.[5] Its pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care units serve the region. The hospital also has a rooftop helipad for critical pediatric transport.[6]

Children's National is ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[7] In June 2022 the hospital was ranked as the #5 best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report on the publications' honor roll list. The neonatology division was also ranked #1 in the country for the sixth year in a row.[8]

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Children's hospital

Children's hospital

A children's hospital is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth up to until age 18, and through age 21 and older in the United States. In certain special cases, they may also treat adults. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern border with Virginia, and borders Maryland to its north and east. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father, commanding general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and the district is named for Columbia, the female personification of the nation.

Howard University College of Medicine

Howard University College of Medicine

The Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) is an academic division of Howard University that grants the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Ph.D., M.S., and the M.PH. HUCM is located at the Howard University Health Sciences Center in Washington, D.C., and it was founded in 1868 in response to the growing population of the city.

American College of Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913.

Pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric intensive care unit

A pediatric intensive care unit, usually abbreviated to PICU, is an area within a hospital specializing in the care of critically ill infants, children, teenagers, and young adults aged 0-21. A PICU is typically directed by one or more pediatric intensivists or PICU consultants and staffed by doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists who are specially trained and experienced in pediatric intensive care. The unit may also have nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physiotherapists, social workers, child life specialists, and clerks on staff, although this varies widely depending on geographic location. The ratio of professionals to patients is generally higher than in other areas of the hospital, reflecting the acuity of PICU patients and the risk of life-threatening complications. Complex technology and equipment is often in use, particularly mechanical ventilators and patient monitoring systems. Consequently, PICUs have a larger operating budget than many other departments within the hospital.

Services and programs

Division of Oncology: The Division of Oncology at Children's National Hospital strives to cure cancer and minimize the side effects of treatment. Children's National has access to Children's Oncology Group's Phase I trials and Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium protocols.[9]

Children's National Heart Institute: The institute is made up of the departments of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Cardiac Anesthesia. Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventionalists, cardiac intensivists, anesthesiologists, and fetal heart specialists care for a wide range of congenital heart problems.[9]

Children's National Division of Neurosurgery: The neurosurgery team tackles complex cases using image-guided surgery, gamma knife, and minimally invasive approaches. The Division of Neurology at Children's National treats a range of pediatric conditions, including autism, brain tumors, epilepsy, headaches, learning disabilities, migraines, movement disorders, neonatal neurology, neurogenetic diseases, neuromuscular diseases, stroke, and white matter diseases.[9]

Children's National Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): The Division of Neonatology is ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Within this division is one of the only level IV NICUs in the Washington, D.C., area, providing care for premature and ill newborns.[9]

Children's National Research Institute: Children's National Research Institute is a top ranked pediatric research institution in terms of overall National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Principal investigators and physicians work side by side.[9]

Children's National Infectious Disease Division: The Division of Infectious Disease has renown physicians and fellows providing care to the area with Lyme disease, Zika, and other complicated infectious disease issues in the hospital. The division also contains a separate Transplant Infectious Disease division which cares for critically ill transplant patients including heart, bone marrow, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract. A partnership also exists with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and ID division where internal medicine-pediatric infectious disease fellows rotate and collaborate with research projects.[9]

A picture of the sign in front of the emergency room at Children's National Hospital.
A picture of the sign in front of the emergency room at Children's National Hospital.

Mobile giving campaign

In July 2008, Children's National Hospital partnered with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball to promote the hospital's mobile giving campaign, which allows donations to be made via text message.[10] In July 2009, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers created a public service announcement encouraging people to support the diabetes program at Children's National Hospital.[11]

The Night Before Christmas

Annually, the First Lady visits the Hospital each December with Santa Claus to read the book "The Night Before Christmas". This convention has been maintained by First Ladies since Bess Truman.[12]

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First Lady of the United States

First Lady of the United States

The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never been codified or officially defined, she figures prominently in the political and social life of the United States. Since the early 20th century, the first lady has been assisted by official staff, now known as the Office of the First Lady and headquartered in the East Wing of the White House.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve to "nice" children, and either coal or nothing to "naughty" children. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in his North Pole workshop, and with the aid of flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air.

A Visit from St. Nicholas

A Visit from St. Nicholas

A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837.

Bess Truman

Bess Truman

Elizabeth Virginia Truman was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the first lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945. She currently holds the record of longest-lived first lady and longest-lived second lady at 97 years, 247 days.

Gender-affirming care harassment campaign

On August 25, 2022, right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok published a recording of phone operators at the Children's National Hospital, who incorrectly suggested that a 16-year-old transgender boy could be eligible for a hysterectomy at the hospital's gender development clinic. One employee claimed that even younger patients are eligible for a hysterectomy.[13][14][15][16] Right-wing media outlets, including Fox News and The Daily Caller, published articles about the recording.[17] A spokeswoman for the hospital stated: "None of the people who were secretly recorded by this activist group deliver care to our patients. We do not and have never performed gender-affirming hysterectomies for anyone under the age of 18."[14][15] The hospital's website, in error, had previously stated that hysterectomies were provided to patients "between the ages of 0-21".[14] The hospital has received harassment and "a large volume of hostile and threatening phone calls and emails", as well as bomb threats.[14][15][17] As of September 2, 2022, the recording has been viewed more than 1.1 million times on Twitter.[16]

When contacted by The Washington Post, Raichik did not answer a question about whether she felt responsible for the threats made against the hospitals she tweeted about, including Children's National Hospital, but said that "we 100% condemn any acts/threats of violence".[16]

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Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property or tradition. Hierarchy and inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences or competition in market economies.

Libs of TikTok

Libs of TikTok

Libs of TikTok is a far-right and anti-LGBT Twitter account owned by Chaya Raichik, a former real estate agent. It reposts content created by left-wing and LGBT people on TikTok, and on other social media platforms, often with hostile, mocking, or derogatory commentary. The account has spread hate speech and false claims, especially relating to medical care of transgender children. The account, also known by the handle @libsoftiktok, has over 2 million followers as of March 2023, and has become influential among American conservatives and the political right. Libs of TikTok's social media accounts have received several temporary suspensions and a permanent suspension from TikTok.

The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller is a right-wing news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by now-Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political pundit Neil Patel in 2010. Launched as a "conservative answer to The Huffington Post", The Daily Caller quadrupled its audience and became profitable by 2012, surpassing several rival websites by 2013. In 2020, the site was described by The New York Times as having been "a pioneer in online conservative journalism". The Daily Caller is a member of the White House press pool.

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area.

Source: "Children's National Hospital", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 30th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_National_Hospital.

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Montreal Children's Hospital

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Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

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Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Comer Children's Hospital

Libs of TikTok
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References
  1. ^ "Children's National has a new name". Washington Business Journal. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. ^ "Medical Student Education | Children's National Research Institute". childrensnational.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  3. ^ "Our Specialty Programs". international.childrensnational.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. ^ "Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine | Children's National". childrensnational.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. ^ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  6. ^ "AirNav: DC17 - Children's Hospital Heliport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. ^ Children's National Hospital named No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 for newborn care by U.S. News & World Report (childrensnational.org)
  8. ^ "Children's National Hospital". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09.
  9. ^ a b c d e f U.S. News & World Report
  10. ^ "The Power to Donate in the Palm of Your Hand" "Case foundation - Mobile Giving". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
  11. ^ "Children's Hospital Foundation: Children's National Day at Nationals Park". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  12. ^ "MRS. O, Santa and Bo - Home - MRS.O - Follow the Fashion and Style of First Lady Michelle Obama". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  13. ^ Bond, Shannon (26 August 2022). "Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d Jamison, Peter (26 August 2022). "Children's hospital threatened after Libs of TikTok recording on trans hysterectomies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  15. ^ a b c Venhuizen, Harm (27 August 2022). "D.C. children's hospital harassed over trans youth services". The Associated Press. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  16. ^ a b c Lorenz, Taylor; Dwoskin, Elizabeth; Jamison, Peter. "Twitter account Libs of TikTok blamed for harassment of children's hospitals". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  17. ^ a b Villarreal, Daniel (2022-08-29). "Children's hospital gets death & bomb threats after Libs Of TikTok claims kids are sterilized there". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
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