Children's Castle
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Children's Castle is a children's hospital
in Helsinki
, Finland
. It is part of Helsinki University Central Hospital.
The hospital was established in 1917 in the Kallio
district of Helsinki. Its current building in Taka-Töölö was completed in 1948.
Pediatrician Arvo Ylppö
was the hospital chief of Children's Castle from 1920 to 1963.
Children's hospital
A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children . The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It is part of Helsinki University Central Hospital.
The hospital was established in 1917 in the Kallio
Kallio
Kallio is a district and a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, located on the eastern side of the Helsinki peninsula about one kilometere north from the city centre. It is one of the most densely populated areas in Finland...
district of Helsinki. Its current building in Taka-Töölö was completed in 1948.
Pediatrician Arvo Ylppö
Arvo Ylppö
Arvo Henrik Ylppö was a Finnish pediatrician who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality during the 20th century. He is credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system, and held the title of archiater for forty years. He is often referred to as the Dr...
was the hospital chief of Children's Castle from 1920 to 1963.