Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Mother Jumps Onto SEPTA Tracks To Save Baby After Stroller Falls

A mother jumps down to rescue her baby after the child’s stroller falls onto train tracks Wednesday afternoon.

2013/05/15

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Photo provided)

Children’s Hospital Tightens Security With Photo-ID Visitor Passes

No one incident prompted the change, says a CHOP spokeswoman, although she says it’s been a trend especially among children’s hospitals.

2013/05/07

Olympic Gymnasts Visit Patients At CHOP

On Friday, the Pro Gymnastic Challenge takes place at Lehigh University. On Monday afternoon, some of those elite athletes visited Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

2013/05/06

Twin Boys Injured In Norristown Fire After They’re Left Home Alone

The blaze broke out around 12:45 p.m. Sunday along the 100 block of East Marshall Street in Norristown. Firefighters arrived on scene at short time later and found two toddlers inside a first floor bedroom in the rear of the apartment. They say the children were home alone.

2013/04/21

(Linda Moyer, mother of organ donor; Jamie Crawn, mother of organ recipient with Josie, the organ recipient. Photo by Michelle Durham)

At Children’s Hospital, A Plea For Organ Donors From Two Families Touched

“To meet a recipient is huge — it is surreal,” notes Linda Moyer (left), the donor’s mother. “It has continued our healing, and we’ve become friends. We’ve come to understand through faith that this is a plan.”

2013/04/10

Suspect Jason Smith. (credit: Philadelphia Police Department)

Suspect In Death Of Center City Doctor Held For Trial

According to a statement read in court, the alleged killer of a Children’s Hospital pediatrician says she pleaded for her life as he strangled her inside her Center City home in January.

2013/04/10

Bensalem Babysitter Gets Probation In Assault of Infant

Cindy Burdick admitted assaulting the four-month-old boy in her care last year; he suffered a near-fatal brain injury.

2013/03/19

(Julian Ross, center, with his father Steve, his mother Kristi, and his brother Braden. Credit: Kim Glovas)

Support Fund For Families of Children’s Hospital Patients Gets Cash Boost

It’s called the GSK “Hope For Families” Fund, and it was started in 2008.

2013/03/18

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. File photo)

Croatian Girl Gets Experimental T-Cell Treatment at Children’s Hospital of Phila.

Her 4,000-mile trip from her home country was just the begining of her journey.

2013/03/04

Former U.S. Surgeon General, CHOP Doctor Dies At Age 96

Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who inflamed conservative Americans at the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic, passed away in New Hampshire on Monday morning at age 96.

2013/02/25

CHOP Begins Examining 5-Year-Old Girl With Leukemia

The medical team at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia began their examination of 5-year-old Nora Situm, who is battling Leukemia and will undergo a new gene therapy treatment.

2013/02/08

Cops: Argument With Exterminator Led To Murder Of CHOP Doctor

An argument between an exterminator and a center city doctor led to her gruesome death inside the basement of her home, police said Thursday.

2013/01/24

Melissa Ketunuti (credit: ketunuti.blogspot.com)

Person Of Interest In Custody In Murder Of Center City Doctor

Police sources tell CBS Philly that a person of interest was taken into custody Wednesday evening in connection with the murder of a Center City doctor.

2013/01/23

UPDATE: $35,000 Reward Offered In Murder Of CHOP Doctor

A reward of $35,000 is now being offered for the arrest and conviction of the suspect responsible for the gruesome murder of a doctor who was found bound and burned inside her Center City apartment earlier this week.

2013/01/23

Police Identify Body Of Burned CHOP Doctor Found Inside Center City Home

But, they say 35-year-old Melissa Ketunuti’s body was on fire, found by her dog walker, in the basement of her row-home along the 1700 block of Naudain Street.

2013/01/22