Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Arkansas Children's Hospital
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Location =
Region = Little Rock
State = Arkansas
Country = US
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HealthCare =
Type = Specialist
Specialty = Pediatric Hospital
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Emergency =
Affiliation = University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Beds = 290
Founded = 1912
Closed =
Website = http://www.archildrens.org/
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Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH), is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and the sixth largest in the United States, serving children from birth to age twenty-one. ACH contracts with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for physician services and serves as a teaching hospital for UAMS Pediatric Medical Students. CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/pro1898.html] This pediatric health care facility is internationally renowned for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments,Fact|date=May 2007 unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research.Fact|date=May 2007

Arkansas Children's Hospital has been voted one of the United States' top 10 pediatric hospitals,ACH Press Release http://www.ach.uams.edu/resources/health_ekids/jul05/best_hospitals.asp] and has been profiled on the Discovery Health Channel.ACH Press Release https://secure.archildrens.org/press_room/viewPressRelease_Story.asp?PRID=5806]

In the 1980s, the woman who would soon become First Lady of the United States, United States Senator from New York, and a potential Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2008 presidential election, Hillary Rodham Clinton, became the hospital's Honorary Chair, helping transform it into one of the nation's largest children's hospitals.

ACH is one of the largest employers in Arkansas and "Fortune" named the hospital in its top 100 "Best Companies to Work For" in 2008. Fortune http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/76.html]

In 2007 ACH treated the case of 20 month old Jacob Esses, which spurred the recall of the Aqua Dots toy. After swallowing a number of the toy beads, 1,4-butanediol coating the beads was metabolized to Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB, a recreational anesthetic). International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Toys-Date-Rape-Drug.php] USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-09-toy-recall-chemicals_N.htm] The drug has been shown to cause unconsciousness, drowsiness, seizures, coma, or death.US Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/ghb_factsheet.html]

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