Support for construction of the addition has come from the Ohio Department of Health under Gov. George V. Voinovich's Family and Children First Initiative. Medically fragile children rely on prolonged use of medical devices to compensate for the loss of vital bodily functions and require substantial daily skilled nursing care to avert death or further disability. They may be dependent, for example, on tube feeding by pump for all their nutrition or they may be able to breathe only with the assistance of a mechanical device. This new service for medically fragile children is expected to be a cost-effective solution to a growing national problem. The Aladdin Crippled Childrens Hospital Association was founded as a charitable organization in 1925 by the Aladdin Temple Shrine in Columbus.
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