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By the numbers: How Phoenix Children’s continues to provide lifesaving work

Aug 17, 2022, 3:00 PM | Updated: Aug 18, 2022, 2:07 pm

(Facebook Photo/Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation)...

(Facebook Photo/Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation)

(Facebook Photo/Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation)

PHOENIX — Kids can’t wait. Phoenix Children’s needs your help to continue its lifesaving work.

Through Friday, the 14th annual Phoenix Children’s Give-A-Thon, presented by Valley Hyundai Dealers and Ak-Chin Indian Community, continues on KTAR News 92.3 FM and 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station.

On KTAR News 92.3 FM, the event airs daily between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. and between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station.

Call the Desert Financial Credit Union Phone Bank at 602-933-4567, text “GIVE” to 411923 or 620620, or visit here to donate and receive more details.

Here’s how Phoenix Children’s operation continues to flourish and save lives (all figures from 2021):

  • 375, 325 outpatient visits
  • 89,385 emergency visits
  • 51,328 urgent care visits
  • 24,486 surgical cases
  • 2,700 trauma cases
  • 38 sites of service across Arizona
    • Phoenix Children’s — Main Campus
    • Phoenix Children’s — East Valley at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
    • 4 specialty and urgent care centers
    • 12 community pediatric practices
    • 20 outpatient specialty clinics

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By the numbers: How Phoenix Children’s continues to provide lifesaving work