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Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, the newest addition to the Shriners 22-hospital pediatric healthcare system, is the only hospital in the Shriners system that houses facilities for treatment of all three Shriner specialties — spinal cord injuries, orthopaedics, and burns.

The hospital features 80 patient beds, nine parent apartments, five state-of-the-art operating rooms, a high-tech Motion Analysis Lab, and an entire floor devoted to research.

Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, the newest addition to the Shriners 22-hospital pediatric healthcare system, is the only hospital in the Shriners system that houses facilities for treatment of all three Shriner specialties — spinal cord injuries, orthopaedics, and burns.

The hospital features 80 patient beds, nine parent apartments, five state-of-the-art operating rooms, a high-tech Motion Analysis Lab, and an entire floor devoted to research.