The Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital is a freestanding, 24-bed, pediatric acute care and outpatient
children's hospital located in downtown
Atlanta
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,
Georgia. It is affiliated with both the
Emory University School of Medicine
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and the
Morehouse School of Medicine, and is a member of the
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta system, 1 of 3 of the children's hospitals in the system. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout the Atlanta region.
History
The Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital originally opened as a private
hospital
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that served
African-American
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patients beginning in 1952, and serving in a variety of functions through 1989. Renamed to the Hughes Spalding Pavilion, it reopened in 1992 as a
pediatric hospital. The hospital, now named Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, is owned by
Grady Health System and managed by HSOC, Inc., an affiliate of
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) sometimes simply referred to as ''Children's'', is a not-for-profit children's healthcare system, located in the Atlanta area dedicated to caring for infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–2 ...
.
The 2006 merger
Children's Hospital of Atlanta: "Our History"
retrieved February 5, 2017 was facilitated by a $20 million donation by philanthropist Diana Blank
Diana Latow Blank (born September 13,
Sep 18, 2015
.[Atlanta Business Journals: "A longtime anonymous donor reveals her identity" by Maria Saporta](_blank)
Sep 18, 2015
See also
*Grace Towns Hamilton
Grace Towns Hamilton (February 10, 1907 – June 17, 1992) was an American politician who was the first African-American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. As executive director of the Atlanta Urban League from 1943 to 1960, Hamilt ...
*Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) sometimes simply referred to as ''Children's'', is a not-for-profit children's healthcare system, located in the Atlanta area dedicated to caring for infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–2 ...
References
External links
Grady Health System
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Hospital buildings completed in 1952
Hospitals in Atlanta
Children's hospitals in the United States
Historically black hospitals in the United States
Hughes Spalding
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