Driscoll Children's Hospital

27.7484°N 97.3862°W / 27.7484; -97.3862

Driscoll Children's Hospital
Geography
LocationCorpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi and surrounding South Texas, Texas, United States
Organization
TypeChildren's general
Services
Beds191[1]
History
Opened1953
Links
Websitehttp://www.driscollchildrens.org/
ListsHospitals in Texas
This article is about Driscoll Children's Hospital. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).

Driscoll Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located in Corpus Christi, Texas and founded as a charity children's hospital in 1953 by the last-will and testament of Clara Driscoll with the assistance of her primary physician Dr. McIver Furman.[2] In 1970 Driscoll Children's Hospital had its status changed from charity only to not for profit. Driscoll Children's Hospital is the 7th largest employer in Corpus Christi. Driscoll was the first hospital in south Texas to provide pediatric emergency services and also to perform an organ transplant.[3] It is accredited by the Joint Commission (JC).[4] Driscoll Children's Hospital also operates the only asthma camp in south Texas, Camp Easy Breathers.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, the hospital reported 8 cases of the disease among hospital employees.[5]

References
  1. "About Us - Driscoll Children's Hospital". www.driscollchildrens.org.
  2. "About Us - Driscoll Children's Hospital". www.driscollchildrens.org.
  3. "Attorney General Abbott Announces $500,000 Award to Driscoll Children's Hospital, Funds directed to charitable health care services for indigent families" (Press release). Texas Attorney General. December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  4. "404, Page not found". medicine.tamhsc.edu. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. "8 Driscoll Children's Hospital employees test positive for virus". KRIS-TV. June 20, 2020.
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