The partnership between the Sisters and Saint Louis University also brought one of the area’s first Children’s hospitals. The “baby boom” was an increase of children being born after World War II. Many men came home and started families but Saint Louis hospitals were not prepared for this increase of pediatric needs. Many of the facilities had not expanded or updated in almost two decades and they were in desperate need of expansion.
A faculty member of SLU School of Medicine and a pediatrician, Peter G. Danis, M.D., undertook the mission of improving and expanding care and education in the pediatrics field. To help his agenda, Danis knew that the St. Louis Archbishop John Ritter was looking for a way to tribute to the late Cardinal John Joseph …show more content…
During his lifetime it was his goal to see that all children had access to received medical care. According to a magazine article in 1946, Glennon has a special “love for the little ones”. “Cardinal Glennon’s affability and his knowledge of child psychology stood him in good stead with the little children, whose love he cherished and whose innocence he championed with all his power in his sermons and the many pronouncements to the press on social and moral questions.
In 1949, Danis approached Ritter with a proposal that would help build a hospital for children. Danis and Ritter sought out a highly respected hospital firm to study the needs of Saint Louis. Neergard, Agnew, and Craig, found that Saint Louis had no substantial increase in pediatric facilities since 1930 and found that there was a need for education.
The infant death rate in Saint Louis was higher than 14 comparable cities. The Firmin Desloge Hospital, now Saint Louis University Hospital, had a continuous wait list of 30 to 75 children needing surgery. The report also showed that there was a need for pediatricians; there were only 75 pediatricians of our 3973 physicians in the state.
The firm’s report and recommendation led to a $6 million fund raising campaign with Saint Louis University that produced Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. This new facility would help advance technology and education …show more content…
The only thing now is to figure out where would be the best location for the facility. The Sisters had a preference of placing the new hospital near St. Mary’s but Saint Louis University favored the location next to their school’s hospital Firmin Desloge.
One of the deciding factors was that Grand Boulevard, where Firmin Desloge was located, offered transportation for low and middle income families via the street car line. This location would allow easy access to the medical facility for people who relied on public transportation. They settled on the 4.5 acre lot across form the medical school as the best location for the children’s hospital. Construction began in 1954. They offered school children an opportunity to provide a brick for the building with every dime they donated.
The hospital was named Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children. It was named after the Archbishop John Glennon whose mission was to make sure that all children had access to medical care. A Sun was chosen as the symbol for the hospital because it means hope, warmth, caring, commitment, and excellence. The child-like writing of the hospitals name on the building symbolizes the reason the hospital exists: “We are here for the children, now and in the
A faculty member of SLU School of Medicine and a pediatrician, Peter G. Danis, M.D., undertook the mission of improving and expanding care and education in the pediatrics field. To help his agenda, Danis knew that the St. Louis Archbishop John Ritter was looking for a way to tribute to the late Cardinal John Joseph …show more content…
During his lifetime it was his goal to see that all children had access to received medical care. According to a magazine article in 1946, Glennon has a special “love for the little ones”. “Cardinal Glennon’s affability and his knowledge of child psychology stood him in good stead with the little children, whose love he cherished and whose innocence he championed with all his power in his sermons and the many pronouncements to the press on social and moral questions.
In 1949, Danis approached Ritter with a proposal that would help build a hospital for children. Danis and Ritter sought out a highly respected hospital firm to study the needs of Saint Louis. Neergard, Agnew, and Craig, found that Saint Louis had no substantial increase in pediatric facilities since 1930 and found that there was a need for education.
The infant death rate in Saint Louis was higher than 14 comparable cities. The Firmin Desloge Hospital, now Saint Louis University Hospital, had a continuous wait list of 30 to 75 children needing surgery. The report also showed that there was a need for pediatricians; there were only 75 pediatricians of our 3973 physicians in the state.
The firm’s report and recommendation led to a $6 million fund raising campaign with Saint Louis University that produced Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. This new facility would help advance technology and education …show more content…
The only thing now is to figure out where would be the best location for the facility. The Sisters had a preference of placing the new hospital near St. Mary’s but Saint Louis University favored the location next to their school’s hospital Firmin Desloge.
One of the deciding factors was that Grand Boulevard, where Firmin Desloge was located, offered transportation for low and middle income families via the street car line. This location would allow easy access to the medical facility for people who relied on public transportation. They settled on the 4.5 acre lot across form the medical school as the best location for the children’s hospital. Construction began in 1954. They offered school children an opportunity to provide a brick for the building with every dime they donated.
The hospital was named Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children. It was named after the Archbishop John Glennon whose mission was to make sure that all children had access to medical care. A Sun was chosen as the symbol for the hospital because it means hope, warmth, caring, commitment, and excellence. The child-like writing of the hospitals name on the building symbolizes the reason the hospital exists: “We are here for the children, now and in the