WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Today, we are sharing the mission of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The hospital provides care to children battling cancer and other diseases without ever sending families a bill for their services.
St. Jude is committed to continuing its research and treatment until no child dies from cancer.When the hospital opened in 1962, the overall survival rate of childhood cancer was just 20 percent. Today it is 80 percent.
St. Jude treats families from across the globe, including those from Wichita and throughout Kansas. Jessie is one of those patients…