Hospital for Sick Children

The Hospital for Sick Children, also known as Sick Kids, is a world-renowned children's hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. It was founded in 1875, inspired by the example of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England. The hospital is located a block south of Queen's Park off of University Avenue.

Funding

Medical treatments at Sick Kids are covered by publicly funded health insurance, as is the case in all Canadian hospitals. The hospital foundation maintains a fund, called the Herbie Fund, for patients not covered by Canadian health insurance. The fund was established in 1979 to provide for the treatment of a seven month old patient from Brooklyn, New York named Herbie Quinones.

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Health insurance - 1979 - Brooklyn, New York

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