Children with CP Get Help Through Shriners Hospitals

An outreach clinic was recently held at the Shiners Hospitals for Children and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

The clinic focused on helping to calm patients before their appointments and on providing specialized care for the children with no fees.

Clinic Helps Cerebral Palsy Patients

Shriner Tom Roberts is one of the several shriners who attended the clinic to give some of his time to children, like Mason Templar McDonald, who is suffering from cerebral palsy.

According to the orthopedists who were taking patients during the clinic, Dr. William Schrantz and Dean MacEwen, patients and families are never asking for any payments and no insurance is required for the services of the shriners.

How Shriners Are Beneficial

Bill Hardwick, who is a member of the Shriners Board of Governors, says that so far, the outreach program has been extremely successful.

“When we first started the clinic three and a half years ago, we saw between eight and 12 kids, now we are up to 20 to 40 kids per clinic,” says Hardwick.

Many parents are appreciative of the volunteer work that the Shriners do and agree that it helps the process, especially since many of them travel from various parts of the country to be evaluated and receive cerebral palsy treatment from specialists.

“These guys are wonderful. We appreciate all that they have done. At least, now I know we are on the right track with Mason,” explains Nicole McDonald. “And the Shriners are just wonderful people. They are so kind and helpful.”

(Source: Times Leader)

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