100 years history of care, love, and hope wrapped in new website for Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Arkansas Children’s Hospital has just completed 100 years of its service and in celebration a new website has been launched. The new website not only caters information about the hospital to patients, but it also depicts the journey of the hospital from its initial days of inception. The website reflects every major milestone the hospital has achieved, from its start as an orphanage for underprivileged children to present day hospital, loved by millions of well wishers

"We wanted to share with the people of Arkansas the rich history of care, love and hope that's been shared with kids across the state for the past 100 years," says Dan McFadden with ACH. "Lot of history and things that people just may not even be aware of."

For example, the Burn Center of the hospital was opened on February 24, 1953, which was the first of its kind in the state. The first patient to be treated in the hospital was a 12-year old girl with third degree burn over half her body. 

The website also has a picture gallery. Each of the pictures tells the story of the hospital’s journey and the different milestones achieved over the years.

The Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation (ACHF) is made up of people dedicated to bringing hope and health to sick and injured children in Arkansas and beyond. Since 1982, the Foundation has supported the needs of ACH and the ACH Research Institute by enhancing patient care, research, recruitment, education and outreach. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a part of the ACHF, is a non-profit organization that raises funds for more than 170 children’s hospitals. Countless individuals, organizations, media partners and well wishers unite with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. Donations to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals create miracles by funding medical care, research and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year. Arkansas Children's Hospital is the CMN Hospital for the state, as well as parts of northern Texas, Louisiana and eastern Oklahoma.

The Heart Center at ACH has become one of the nation's most important and successful resources for surgical care of congenital heart disease. The Center offers advanced techniques for the diagnosis and management of a full range of pediatric and congenital heart disease support, diagnosis, and management. At present, the center specializes in:

• ·       Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• ·       Berlin Heart
• ·       Cardiac Catheterization
• ·       Fetal Echocardiography
• ·       Heart Transplantation
• ·      Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
• ·      Norwood Procedure

We at Bale Chevrolet in Little Rock, AR  supports ACHF and urge you to do the same any way you can. For more information please visit the ACHF website @ http://www.archildrens.org/