(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)

Quick Facts
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

       St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by the late entertainer Danny   Thomas, treats about 160 patients every day on an outpatient basis and maintains  56 inpatient beds.

St. Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of patients enrolled on research protocols and successfully treated.

Since St. Jude opened in 1962, it has treated more than 19,000 children from across the United States and 60 foreign countries.

St. Jude treats children without regard to race, religion, creed or ability to pay. ALSAC/St. Jude, the fund-raising arm, covers all costs not covered by insurance for medical treatment rendered at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Families without insurance are never asked to pay.

The hospital’s daily operating costs are approximately $715,200, which are primarily covered by individual, private contributions.

During the past five years, almost 86 percent of every dollar received by ALSAC/St. Jude has gone to the current or future needs of St. Jude.

To treat a child with standard-risk ALL requires a 2 ½-year protocol at a cost of $278,000.

The Michigan Connection

145 Michigan children and families have been treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Nearly 400 Michigan Doctor’s have utilized consultation services and St. Jude protocols in treating Michigan families.

Research findings at St. Jude are shared with doctors and scientists all over the world. St. Jude also enjoys a worldwide reputation as a teaching facility. The medical and scientific staff published about 400 articles in academic journals in 2001.

In 2002, Worth Magazine ranked St. Jude as one of the 100 Best American charities in terms of donor’s return on their investment.