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Article: HUNGRY-CHILD CLINICS WORRY ABOUT FUNDING
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 18, 1987
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When Timothy was admitted to the hospital at 10 months, he
was so severely malnourished that he couldn't lift his head off the
bed. He weighed 14 pounds -- the average weight for a
three-month-old. He was so tiny that he was off the growth charts.
"I thought he was going to die," said his mother, Jeannette
Szyp. "He looked like one of those kids in Ethiopia. He was all
bones. But I just couldn't get him to eat for me."
Today, Timmy is a healthy and strong 3-year-old, thanks to an
intensive clinic at Boston City Hospital that treats some of
Boston's most malnourished children under age 5. But the Failure to
Thrive program at the hospital -- and throughout the state -- has
run into ...