On the eve of the 20th Century, two sisters, each with a big heart and an indomitable will, set out to care for Kansas City’s neediest children. They began with one little girl. Then they helped a couple more children, and then a dozen … With no help from public subsidies or insurers, they treated all comers. That’s how Alice Berry Graham and Katharine Berry Richardson started an institution that has grown into a part of the soul of Kansas City: Children’s Mercy.
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Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo. offer a broad range of surgical services including the complex tertiary care of congenital and acquired head, neck, thoracic, abdominal and extremity diseases. The Department of Surgery at Children's Mercy Hospital improves the lives of infants and children through innovative surgical care. We seek transparency in the quality of our care through outcomes research. Our greatest strength lies in our people who are the best at what they do. |