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DRISCOLL NAMED REGIONAL Hospital also nominated as Employer of the Year
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(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children's Hospital was recently awarded the 2004 Employer of Excellence Award for the Coastal Bend Region by the Texas Workforce Commission. The accolade honors employers who are actively involved with their local workforce board and have a positive impact on employers, workers, and the community. The Commission and its local workforce board nominated the facility because of its reputation as an outstanding employer and its commitment to open an on-site child care center for employees. The announcement was made by CEO and President Rick Merrill.
“Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a true partner of the local workforce board, helping to build a stronger labor force while making a significant impact on the local economy,” said Ronny Congleton, Commissioner Representing Labor. “They are highly deserving of the Employer Award of Excellence.”
The Commission writes, “Driscoll Children's Hospital is displaying a clear commitment to solving one of workforce development’s greatest challenges - the accessibility of child care for employees’ children. The hospital invested $1.4 million dollars to construct a child care facility exclusively for their employees’ use and benefit. Slated to open in February/March 2005, the center will accept children from infants to school age and help lift barriers to employment by coordinating employees’ shifts with the center hours. To further benefit employees, the hospital will offer scholarships to assist lower income families. In addition to creating 20 new jobs for workers at the Corpus Christi facility, the on-site child care center helps existing hospital employees be more productive on the job and reduces stress and turnover.”
Driscoll competed against companies from across the Coastal Bend region including the counties of Nueces, Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Brooks, Kennedy, Refugio, and San Patricio. Other state-wide regional winners included:
- The Coca Cola Company - Minute Maid – Waco, Texas
- Cingular Wireless – Lubbock, Texas
- JCPenny Corporation Inc. – Concho Valley, Texas
- First National Bank, First American Bank – Brazos Valley, Texas
- Hilton Austin – Austin, Texas
- Boston Consulting Group – Dallas, Texas
The primary goal of the Texas Workforce Commission and its local workforce
boards is to meet the needs of Texas employers through locally designed,
employer-driven workforce development initiatives and services. The state
agency is dedicated to helping Texas employers, workers and communities
prosper economically.
In addition, Driscoll Children’s Hospital was also one of only 28
employers nominated as Employer of the Year for 2004 for the State of
Texas by the Texas Workforce Commission. The hospital was also recently
named to the Top 10 list of Best Places to Work in the Coastal Bend in
2004 by the Corpus Christi Human Resources Management’s Association.
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 200-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. The facility’s referral area spans 31,000 square miles, making it larger than the state of South Carolina, and offers care to children throughout the Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Valley. 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. The first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children, Driscoll provides emergency care to more than 40,000 children per year. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, a renowned pediatric intensive care program, and specialty clinics in Victoria, Laredo, Brownsville, Harlingen, and McAllen.
www.driscollchildrens.org
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