The Kinder Foundation is donating $150 million to Texas Children’s Hospital and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to support a joint pediatric oncology program that will eventually move into a new building in the Texas Medical Center.
The joint pediatric oncology program, announced in February, unites a pair of Houston health care titans who have long been leaders in their respective specialties. It will allow the hospitals to collaborate and share resources, including access to treatments and clinical trials.
“We are the top children’s hospital in the country, and when you have an opportunity to work with the top cancer hospital in the country for this bold mission, I can see nothing more exciting,” Texas Children’s president and CEO Debra Sukin said of the partnership.
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