North Peace Shrine Club No. 25

22 Hospitals across North America provide children who have orthopaedic plus other, specific medical conditions with world class treatment regardless of the family’s ability to pay.
The Shriners are known for their children’s hospitals throughout Canada, USA and Mexico, specializing in orthopaedic / neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries plus other special healthcare conditions such as bone tumours, cleft lip or palate etc. The care environment is compassionate, family-centered and collaborative. Even if your child’s condition is not one that we specialize in, contact us to see what we can do.

For those children in BC and Yukon requiring attention for any of the specialty conditions we treat, transportation, accommodation, and all associated medical treatment (including follow-up) are provided at Shriners Hospitals for Children. Shriners Care for Kids new patient referral coordinators are a toll-free call away and can usually accommodate a child within two weeks for assessment followed soon after with treatment.

Shriners Care for Kids offers free transportation options for a child and accompanying parent or caregiver. Options can be: reimbursement of fuel expense for the use of own vehicles; travel on our Care Cruisers; or by air for areas not practically available to our Care Cruisers. Our Care for Kids program is open to children requiring assessment and treatment at BC Children’s, BC Women’s or Sunny Hill Hospitals in Vancouver, or at any Shriners Hospital for Children.