City of Philadelphia - File #: 050969

• File #: 050969
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/27/2005
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/27/2005
• Title: Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - For Its International Significance As It Recognizes Historic And Groundbreaking Progress in The Field Of Pediatric Medicine - On The Occasion Of It's 150th Anniversary: 2005.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/27/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - For Its International Significance As It Recognizes Historic And Groundbreaking Progress in The Field Of Pediatric Medicine - On The Occasion Of It's 150th Anniversary: 2005.
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WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia started in 1855 as the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children's lives; and

WHEREAS, In an exclusive survey, Child Magazine has ranked The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia the best pediatric hospital in the United States for the third consecutive time; and

WHEREAS, In its comprehensive 2005 survey, Child Magazine also rated The Philadelphia Children's Hospital's Cardiac Center and neonatology, oncology and orthopaedics divisions No. 1 in the nation and emergency medicine No. 4; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been awarded "Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence" by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an arm of the American Nurses Association; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was the first hospital in the nation to initiate formal training in pediatrics, and also pioneered the fields of pediatric emergency medicine and adolescent medicine; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of only ten centers in the country devoted to pediatric clinical research; and

WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides resources ranging from laboratory space and patient beds to specialized nursing, dietary and biostat...