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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.

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.

During 2010 Driscoll had more than 50,000 clinic visits and performed more than 6,500 surgeries. Driscoll was the first hospital in South Texas to provide emergency services exclusively for children and in 2010 we had more than 35,500 ER visits. Driscoll was also the first hospital in south Texas to perform an organ transplant.

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
  • Approximately 35,500 annual Emergency Room visits
  • Comprehensive Surgical Services including General Surgery, Cardiovascular, Orthopaedic and Neuro
  • Pediatric Subspecialty Centers located in Harlingen, Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville and Victoria
  • Pediatric Cardiology Clinics
  • Child Abuse Resource and Evaluation Team
  • More than 40 Pediatric Residents
  • One of more than 200 pediatric residency programs in the United States
  • Texas A&M University Affiliation (Affiliated with 34 colleges & universities across Texas and the United States)
  • Accredited with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
  • More than 5,800 children admitted into hospital in 2010


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Contact Information

Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411

Phone: (361) 694-5000

For information about doing business with Driscoll,
call (361) 694-5021.

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Driscoll opened its doors in 1953 and has continued to grow. During the 1980s and 1990s, an 8-floor tower was added as well as a medical and office complex and parking garage.
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Hollywood-themed celebration planned for Driscoll nurses

May 08, 2013
Event is in conjunction with National Nurses Week, May 6-12 CORPUS CHRISTI - National Nurses Week is May 6-12, and Driscoll Children's Hospital is marking the occasion with a celebration tomorrow for its more than 500 nurses. "This is a way for us to recognize our nurses for all the work they do," said Driscoll's...
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Brownsville boy is 'a totally different person' since leukemia diagnosis

May 03, 2013
Driscoll Children's Hospital physicians treat Andrew Banda in his hometown, Brownsville BROWNSVILLE - Claudia Maldonado knew her son, Andrew Banda, was sick in January 2012. At 8 years old, he was too thin and his yellowish eyes revealed he had jaundice, she said. Still, the news that he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
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Driscoll transplant recipients to gather at annual reunion

May 03, 2013
Joe Esparza, 19, received a kidney transplant at Driscoll Children's Hospital in August 2012.
'It's a family reunion,' 19-year-old said of May 4 event CORPUS CHRISTI - In the months before he received a kidney transplant at Driscoll Children's Hospital last August, Joe Esparza had plenty of reasons to be depressed. His failing kidneys meant he couldn't eat french fries, cheese and fatty foods. He couldn't play...
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Dwarfism doesn't prevent 3-year-old boy from living life

May 02, 2013
Ethann Valdez, 3, was born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism. He's been a patient at Driscoll Children's Hospital since he was born.
Ethann Valdez's story is second in Driscoll Children's Hospital's 60th anniversary series CORPUS CHRISTI - Darting around a waiting area at Driscoll Children's Hospital with a huge smile on his face, Ethann Valdez has the seemingly endless energy of any 3-year-old boy. He doesn't appear to be bothered much by the life-threatening...
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Celebrating the past, looking to the future: Driscoll marks 60 years

April 02, 2013
On April 2, an historical marker was unveiled honoring Driscoll Children's Hospital's founder, Clara Driscoll. Pictured, left to right, are Steve Woerner, Driscoll president & CEO; Anita Eisenhauer, chairwoman of the Nueces County Historical Commission and member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas - Clara Driscoll Chapter; Karen Thompson, president general of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas; Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda Martinez; and Loyd Neal, chairman of Driscoll's governing board.
Ceremony includes dedication of historical marker honoring hospital's founder CORPUS CHRISTI - Notable guests and community leaders gathered today to commemorate Driscoll Children's Hospital's 60th anniversary and witness the dedication of an historical marker honoring the hospital's founder, Clara Driscoll. The ceremony,...
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