Other Facts About Driscoll Children’s Hospital

Other Facts About Driscoll Children’s Hospital (2020):

• Serving 31 counties and 33,000 square miles of South Texas
• 263 doctors on Medical Staff in more than 30 specialties
• More than 2,600 employees and 340 volunteers
• 7th largest employer in Corpus Christi
• 22-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with 10 dedicated cardiac beds
• 61-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 
• 8 surgical suites
• 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
• 48 Pediatric Residents and 2 Chief Residents
• One of more than 200 pediatric residency programs in the United States
• Texas A&M University Affiliation (affiliated with 34 colleges and universities across Texas and the United States)
• Accredited with The Joint Commission (TJC)
• 3,676 Admissions and 3,199 Observation patients in 2019
• More than 46,000 Emergency Room visits