Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (CGCMC) was founded in 1956 and named for St. Louis's Archbishop, John Cardinal Glennon, whose dream was to see a healthcare facility open to all children in need of medical care.

Quick facts about CGCMC:

• Cardinal Glennon's vision for the future of pediatric health care is a comprehensive, distributed pediatric network, known as Glennon Care for Kids. Through Glennon Care, more than 225,000 kids are treated each year.
• CGCMC is also a comprehensive Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, the highest level of emergency care available.
• Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center houses more than 50 specialty clinics.
• CGCMC is home to the first Cord Blood Bank in the region and only the fourth in the nation. The Cord Blood Bank allows mothers to donate umbilical cord blood following the birth of their child. The cord blood is typed and frozen and offers an opportunity as an alternate transplant source. The program gives hope to thousands of children and adults with cancer and other blood Disorders who require a stem cell transplant, but do not have an immune-matched sibling or donor.
• Cardinal Glennon is a teaching hospital affiliated with St. Louis University School of Medicine, Nursing and nine other educational institutions.
• Cardinal Glennon has the state's only self-contained pediatric rehabilitation unit.
• CGCMC has a 45-bed neonatal intensive care unit and a 19-bed pediatric intensive care unit.

Cardinal Glennon used CMN funding in 2007 for the programs and services of the Bob Costas Cancer Center.

The Bob Costas Cancer Center, which opened in the summer of 1998, houses a regional, comprehensive program dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment of childhood cancer and other blood and immune disorders. Approximately 150 children in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area are diagnosed with cancer each year. The centerpiece of the Bob Costas Cancer Center is a Day Hospital containing expanded outpatient facilities for children undergoing treatment for many diseases. A decade ago, most cancer treatments required patients to be fully admitted to the hospital, but now most can be administered under comfortable outpatient arrangements, permitting children to spend more time at home and keep up with normal daily routines and activities. Family members and friends can accompany patients during their treatments in quiet, private accommodations.

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