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from K H. O U T. V. Houston. The spirit of texas. This is 11 news with Sylvan Rodriguez Claire Casino dr Neil frank with weather and Gift Nielsen on sports. 11 news at six. Still ahead on 11 news at six we'll take you to a place

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where kids get special treatment, a pediatric clinic helping Children get back on their feet. A Harris County hospital is adding a new clinic to its roster. One that cares for injured Children. Ben Taub now has a pediatric injury clinic to handle the ever increasing number of

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youngsters who get hurt. Debra martin reports, a school bus accident. Children are hurt, many needing hospitalization. In the past, many Children would be treated and eventually released from a hospital. Now, once a week, they can also come here. This is the pediatric injury clinic at Ben

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Taub Hospital. It's a place where Children can get more than medicine and bandages. We perceive that this clinic be able to provide the type of care once they get discharged from the hospital that they've not been able to receive not only here, but probably in most

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places throughout the United States, there was an open house in celebration for the new pediatric clinic which has been open for eight weeks and two youngsters who have been through it on hand to commend it. Six year old Curtis Green got both his legs broken in

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Car accident in March six year old Vanessa Jimenez was seriously hurt in a car wreck just 20 days ago. This clinic will allow us to improve the outcome of his Children but the Harris County run clinic wouldn't have been possible without the Azzam's

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Dr Jamil Azzam is a pediatric doctor at Ben Tom. He and his wife set up Foundation to help support the clinic. They pledged $250,000 to cover clinic expenses for two years in hopes of finding answers to pediatric injury. Why are we having more and more and

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more of that problem? And that was the whole idea of creating the clinic so that they can do a study and ultimately attack the problem From a different angle the clinic will provide the kind of aftercare some families wouldn't receive otherwise for Curtis Green amid speedier

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treatment. The removal of a cast he's been wearing for six weeks. Deborah martin, good to have that thing off Channel 13 Ktrk TV Houston. We care about texas live with the entire eyewitness news team. This is channel 13. Eyewitness news also, we'll show you the newest

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edition over at the texas medical center. Ben Taub Hospital has a brand new clinic to help the youngest victims of trauma in our city. It is a reality thanks to the generosity of a million dollar gift from a doctor and his wife. Health reporter mary Ellen

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Conway has details trauma now ranks fifth on the list of major killers when it doesn't kill it often mains or leaves its victims badly damaged young Elliott Mcfadden was hit by a car riding his bike, Curtis green broke two legs in a car wreck, but the

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seat belt he was wearing saved his life. Going to be able to get out of Curtis is already benefiting from a new clinic aimed at treating our youngest trauma victims and helping them during their recovery. The official opening was today, youngsters who come here will make

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just one stop, specialists will come to them and will be working with their schools as well. Our city has a long tradition of private families and people donating to help medical causes and this is just another example of that. Doctor Jamila Sam and his wife charlotte

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have given over a million dollars to get this clinic up and running. I come from a background where I suffered in my youth, Being fortunate enough with my wife to be at the stage where we can give back to the community. Mom gives the effort a

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definite thumbs up. He only goes one place on the first floor, you don't have to go all around the hospitals, two different wars and it's a lot. It's good. I'm Mary Ellen Conway 13 eyewitness news and now Houston's most comprehensive primetime newscast. This is the Fox

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News at nine with grandpa Mike Barajas, meteorologist, robert smith and Mark Berman with sports and still to come. A very special clinic opens its doors in Houston up next, a center of healing for the youngest members of our community in the Fox health report. Houston celebrates

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the opening of a new special clinic for Children. It's being hailed as a milestone in the treatment of pediatric injuries. Young Vanessa is recovering from head injuries sustained when her school bus crashed. Like my daughters look like somebody totally different and now doctors want to bring

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even more healing to young Children who are hurt. So they've opened the pediatric injury clinic, a new concept that will bring together doctors, specialists and social workers all under one roof. The new clinic received major funding from a foundation established by Houston dr Jameel assam and

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his wife, charlotte. We have devoted two or three years for that project and we want the public to know about it so that they can join hands with it and help us in keeping that project alive. Doctors say injuries are the fifth leading cause of death

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among Children and this new type of clinic will make it possible to heal more of them.