A Driscoll Overview
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Driscoll Children's Hospital is a tertiary care regional referral center offering complex and comprehensive medical and surgical care for children. The hospital's medical staff is comprised of pediatric specialists in more than 32 medical and 13 surgical specialties. Working with the Medical Staff is more than 1,800 employees including more than 450 nurses.
Every year approximately 6,500 children are admitted for inpatient care, more than 3,500 patients for day surgery, and 132,000 children for outpatient care. Driscoll was the first hospital in South Texas to provide emergency services exclusively for children and today we provide emergency care to approximately 40,000 children a year. Driscoll was also the first hospital in south Texas to perform an organ transplant.
All of Driscoll's patient care units offer high quality care for the treatment of newborns, infants, and children with life threatening illnesses and injuries.
OPENED IN 1953
DCH TODAY
Other Facts About Driscoll Children's Hospital:
- Serving 31 counties and 33,000 square miles of South Texas
- 250 Doctors on Medical Staff in more than 30 specialties
- More than 1,800 employees and 340 volunteers
- 7th Largest Employer in Corpus Christi
- 18-Bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- 41-Bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- 8 Surgical Suites
Complete air and ground transport services located in Corpus Christi, TX and Brownsville, TX
- Approximately 40,000 annual Emergency Room visits
- Comprehensive Surgical Services including General Surgery, Cardiovascular, Orthopaedic and Neuro Surgery with 6,500 surgical cases performed annually
- Pediatric Subspecialty Centers located in Harlingen, Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville and Victoria
- Pediatric Cardiology Clinics
- Child Abuse Resource and Evaluation Team
- Over 40 Pediatric Residents
- One of more than 200 pediatric residency programs in the United States
- Texas A&M University Affiliation (Affiliated with 32 colleges & universities across Texas and the United States)
- Accredited with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- 6,500 children admitted into hospital
- More than 130,000 children treated annually
- 1,300 transports by ambulance, airplane, and helicopter
Driscoll Children’s Medical Plaza
- McAllen,
Texas
Driscoll Children’s Quick Care - McAllen
- McAllen,
Texas
Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center
- Brownsville,
Texas
Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center - Harlingen
- Harlingen,
Texas
Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center - Victoria
- Victoria,
Texas
Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center - Laredo
- Laredo,
Texas
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