As a teamster for 32 years and the current vice president of Teamsters Local 830, Glenn Fulcher has seen how the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has changed lives and helped the surrounding communities. Fulcher is a resident of Telford, Pennsylvania, which is located about 40 miles away from the world class medical facility. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ranked first in six of its ten specialties, and in the top four in the other disciplines, in the most recent survey of Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
The CHOP Cancer Center has treated more than 4,000 surviving patients for childhood cancers. The state-of-the-art Emergency Division, which includes 75 beds, cares for more than 80,000 children annually. Physicians and medical facilities all over the world refer patients to the CHOP Cardiac Center, one of the finest and largest pediatric cardiac programs globally. In addition, for more than eight decades, CHOP has maintained a dedication to research that has resulted in discoveries that improved children’s lives around the world.
The CHOP Cancer Center has treated more than 4,000 surviving patients for childhood cancers. The state-of-the-art Emergency Division, which includes 75 beds, cares for more than 80,000 children annually. Physicians and medical facilities all over the world refer patients to the CHOP Cardiac Center, one of the finest and largest pediatric cardiac programs globally. In addition, for more than eight decades, CHOP has maintained a dedication to research that has resulted in discoveries that improved children’s lives around the world.