Day 16 of The Season of Giving is dedicated to SickKids Canada on behalf of Reshanna Persaud, Law Clerk & Stacey Staios, Associate Lawyer.
In March of 1875, Elizabeth McMaster and a group of women rented a 11-room house in downtown Toronto and declared it a hospital “for the admission and treatment of all sick children.” On April 3, Maggie, a three-year-old scald victim, became SickKids’ first patient.
Since then, SickKids has led in child health and research innovation in Canada.
WHAT THEY DO
Child & Family-centred care / Innovation in child health research /
Teaching the next generation of health-care professionals / Worldwide activities
WHO THEY ARE
Child & family-centred care - SickKids' approach for delivering health care in centred on the needs of patients and their families, covering a wide range of clinical departments.
Innovation in child health research - SickKids is a research hospital, where every child has the opportunity to participate in clinical research and learn about ongoing SickKids studies.
Teaching the next generation of health-care professionals - The SickKids Learning Instituite aims to improve child health outcomes and systems of care through education.
Worldwide activities - SickKids engages in a variety of initiatives to improve child health around the world.
Innovation in child health research - SickKids is a research hospital, where every child has the opportunity to participate in clinical research and learn about ongoing SickKids studies.
Teaching the next generation of health-care professionals - The SickKids Learning Instituite aims to improve child health outcomes and systems of care through education.
Worldwide activities - SickKids engages in a variety of initiatives to improve child health around the world.