LaRabida Children's Hospital
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°46′38″N 87°34′17″W / 41.77729°N 87.57132°WCoordinates: 41°46′38″N 87°34′17″W / 41.77729°N 87.57132°W |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Acute Care Clinic |
| Beds | 49 |
| Speciality | Children / Pediatrics |
| History | |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
La Rabida Children’s Hospital is a small pediatric specialty hospital for extended acute care that caters to children with lifelong medical conditions. Located on the South Side of Chicago on Lake Michigan, the facility is designed to showcase its lakeside views. La Rabida serves approximately 9,000 children annually who require primary and specialty care to address complex and challenging medical conditions. The hospital provides care to all patients regardless of the family’s ability to pay. Services and programs include treatment for chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, sickle cell disease, and developmental disabilities. In addition, La Rabida specializes in the treatment of children who have been abused, neglected or experienced trauma.
La Rabida is recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance(NCQA) for its medical home programs. The hospital has also earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.
For the Chicago World’s Fair Columbian Exposition in 1893, the government of Spain constructed its exhibition hall as a replica of Spain’s La Rabida Monastery – the embarkation site of Columbus’ new world exploration in 1492. After the fair, the Spanish Consulate donated the Jackson Park building to the City of Chicago for use as a fresh air sanatorium for sick children. An organizing committee, formed to convert the structure included Staud y Giminez, the Spanish Vice Consul in Chicago, who served as superintendent and treasurer, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Minister to the United States, Archbishop Patrick Feehan, and Forest Clark, M.D., the resident physician for the sanitarium. A woman's board formed and led the effort to equip and staff the facility, raising money for operations and recruiting volunteer physicians.
From the start, La Rabida has been open to children "regardless of race, religion or ability to pay". In the beginning, the sanatarium dealt with all of the diseases that are typical of city slums, such as typhoid, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. In the summers, women were encouraged to bring their children to the sanitarium for the day to escape the city heat.
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