PRESS RELEASE: First in South Texas Driscoll Children’s Orthodontics Center Open House

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 14, 2005

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First in South Texas
Driscoll Children’s Orthodontics Center
Open House

Thursday, June 16, 2005
5:30pm – 7:00 pm
3rd Floor
Furman Building
(Driscoll Children’s Hospital)

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the news of another First in South Texas. A dream for our patients has become a reality with the opening of Driscoll Children’s Orthodontics Center. This facility within Driscoll Children’s is unique and built with state-of-the-art equipment. As you walk through the doors of the Orthodontics Center you realize this is a sub-specialty designed to meet the needs of the children of South Texas and equipped with the latest in technology.

The Orthodontics Center is part of Driscoll Children’s Craniofacial & Cleft Center. Dr. Deji Fashemo, Cleft/Craniofacial & Surgical Orthodontist joined the center and will provide care primarily to children and adults with cleft and craniofacial anomalies. However, his services will be made available to anybody in the community who may need orthodontic therapy. Cleft lips, cleft palates, craniofacial disorders, craniofacial syndromes and deformities are just a few of the cases which will be treated by our team of expert physicians. Parents and patients will have the benefit of meeting with a team of physicians who work across the hall from each other and who work closely together to give a child a smile which will last a lifetime.

Please join us, Thursday, June 16th @ 5:30pm for the grand opening of our Orthodontics Center and see the latest in technology. The Grand Opening will take place at Driscoll Children’s Hospital within the Furman Building on the 3rd Floor.

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About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

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