CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2005

Flour Bluff High School Students
Further their Medical Education
9:30am-11am
Monday, May 16, 2005
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Auditorium

(Corpus Christi, TX) It’s graduation time and Driscoll Children's Hospital is pleased to announce their plans for a High School Graduation.

12 Flour Bluff High School students have been extending their education and opening the doors to further their background in the medical field. Since October of 2004, students have been attending class here at the hospital. Every week, Driscoll Children's Hospital opens the class room door to students three times a week in several areas of the hospital. These students who are interested in pursuing a career in the health field are getting hands on experience that will teach them to think critically, make decisions and communicate effectively. Their experiences have been in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ortho/Neuro Clinic, O.R. and Respiratory.

While these students were learning many realized their own dreams of pursuing careers in the medical field. This hands-on training has positively influenced the minds of many on their way to a higher education. We are inviting you to meet the dozen students this Monday, May 16th at 9:30 am as we celebrate their Graduation for the Class of 2005.

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.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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