All Children's Hospital

All Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located in St. Petersburg, Florida.

It is the only freestanding children’s hospital on the state's Gulf coast and is a leader in pediatric treatment, education, research and advocacy. It has consistently ranked among America’s top 25 children’s hospitals in comparative studies done by Child Magazine, which rated All Children's Hospital as the best in Florida in 2007. All Children's has also garnered Most Outstanding Business awards from the Tampa Bay Business Journal and the Greater St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.

The mission of this private, not-for-profit hospital is rooted in its beginnings as Florida’s first Crippled Children’s Hospital for polio victims. All Children’s understands that it’s not enough to treat disease -- that true progress comes from teaching and research to cure disease. All Children’s shares its pediatric expertise through research and education affiliations with the University of South Florida (USF Health) as well as the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.

As a regional referral center for children with some of the most challenging medical problems, All Children’s draws patients from throughout Florida, all 50 states and 36 foreign countries. Growing regional demand is such that construction is now underway on a new hospital and outpatient center to replace the current 40-year old facility. When this $300-million project is completed in 2009, it will represent nearly a million square feet of space dedicated to state-of-the-art pediatric healthcare.

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On September 1, 2007, 5 boys and 1 girl were born to Karoline and Ben Byler of Wesley Chapel (2 and 3 pounds each). Ryan Patrick was in critical condition, while one brother, Jackson Robert, was upgraded from critical to serious condition, according to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. Charlie Craig and MacKenzie Margaret were in serious condition, while, Brady Christopher and Eli Benjamin, were in stable condition. All of the infants survived and were discharged from the hospital; the last discharge occurred on November 21, 2007. [ [http://www.allkids.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=396&action=detail&ref=172 Byler Bunch Reunited at Home for Thanksgiving] , All Children's Hospital press release, November 21, 2007] [ [http://www.allkids.org/body.cfm?id=396&oTopID=396 Allkids.org News] ] The Bylers had used fertility drugs. [ [http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070903/BREAKINGNEWS/70903013/1086 FloridaToday, AP, 1 Fla. sextuplet in critical condition] ] Citation broken|date=January 2008

External links

* [http://www.allkids.org AllKids.org]

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