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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shriners Hospitals for Children-Portland announces the availability of the new EOS® Imaging System, the first technology capable of providing full-body images of patients in a natural standing or sitting position, in 3D and with a low radiation dose. At the Portland Shriners Hospitals for Children more than 10,000-12,000 radiological images are taken each year of its 6,000 active patients. More than 40% of the X-rays taken are of...
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Feb. 3-9, 2013 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children(® )will begin its annual burn prevention campaign. This year's focus is on teaching children to "Be Burn Aware," especially at home. The effort will include materials for children, as well as both general awareness and scald prevention information for parents and other concerned adults. Scald injuries are one of the most prevalent, and...
Feb. 28: enjoy free pancakes and help Shriners Hospitals for Children. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 On Feb. 28, The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) will celebrate National Pancake Day by offering guests a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes*. With every short stack of pancakes served, diners will be invited to make a donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children®. The IHOP restaurants that have chosen Shriners Hospitals for Children as the beneficiary of this event...
2012 Safety Campaign Focuses on Teaching Children and Families to Be Burn Aware Tampa, Fla. (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 Feb. 5-11, 2012 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children® will begin its annual burn prevention campaign. This year’s focus is on teaching children to “Be Burn Aware,” especially at home. Information and materials pertaining to the effort can be found on the health care system’s website dedicated to burn awareness and...
CHICAGO, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Shriners Hospitals For Children announced Leo Burnett Business, the business-to-business agency of The Leo Burnett Group, as its agency of record for all brand positioning, creative strategy, media and public relations initiatives. "We chose Leo Burnett Business because they understand who we are as an organization," said Michael G. Severe, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Shriners Hospitals for Children. "By defining a relevant and...
MONTREAL, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - This morning, Premier Jean Charest and Shriners Hospitals for Children® leadership located in Montreal have proceeded to the grounbreaking for the new Shriners Hospital for Children on the Glen Campus adjacent to the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Also present were Health Minister Yves Bolduc, M.D., the Honourable Arthur T. Porter, directeur général et chef de la direction du CUSM,...
BOSTON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Firefighters from across New England will join burn survivors and supporters to lace up their sneakers to raise burn prevention awareness and to raise funds to support those who have been affected by burn injury at the first annual New England Walk for Burn Awareness. This event will held on Sunday, May 23rd at 10:00am at Castle Island in South Boston. Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Boston and the International Association of Fire Fighters Burn...
Faced with decreasing donations and increasing operating costs, the charity wing of the Shriners organization is being forced to consider closing almost a fourth of their of their children's hospitals across North America.Given their increasingly dire financial situation, the group's director says they may have no choice in the matter.Officials say that the organization has had to divert about a million dollars daily from their endowment fund just to compensate for their hospitals' budget...
