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Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) [1] is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. [2] It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston ...
Boston City Hospital was the first municipal hospital in the United States, opening in 1864. [4]In 1960 Boston University's Medical School founded the Boston University Medical Center in the South End neighborhood to provide residency programs and research opportunities for students and faculty.
Franciscan Children's was founded in 1949 through the collaboration of Archbishop of Boston Richard Cushing and the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. [3] Funded largely with a $600,000 gift by the Kennedy family, the hospital was originally named the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Hospital, [2] [5] honoring the late Kennedy who was killed during a 1944 air mission over England during World War ...
Floating Hospital for Children began as a hospital ship sailing the Boston Harbor for the first time in 1894. [6] The hospital was founded by Rufus Tobey, a Congregationalist minister; and The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, a minister and social activist. Boston's Lend A Hand Society, founded by Hale, assisted with fundraising and administrative ...
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With the help of members of the board of the New England Female College as well as Ednah D. Cheney (legal sponsor), Lucy Goddard (legal sponsor), Mrs. George G. Lee (donated $3000), and Samuel E. Sewall (donated $1000), she opened the New England Hospital for Women and Children on July 1, 1862.
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Boston residents, with support from Mayor John F. Collins and the Permanent Charity Fund (now called The Boston Foundation), established the Boston Community Development Program (BCDP) to improve quality of life for city residents.