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Summer 2013 : Children's Cancer Hospital Re-opening

Children's Cancer Hospital re-opening

The MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital's newly renovated and expanded floor space brings together all pediatric treatment and services on one floor along with Ronald McDonald Family Room areas, an in-hospital school, a large play park, a kitchen, a teen room and other amenities.

MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital Grand Re-opening.

Among those celebrating the opening of the new space: members of the Children’s Cancer Hospital Advisory Board, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, the Advance Team and other community supporters.

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