WELCOME 2004 WITH 12 GREAT REASONS Driscoll Children's Hospital 2004 Calendar
(Corpus Christi, TX) Start the New Year by seeing the many reasons Driscoll Children’s Hospital continues their commitment to offer hope and healing. The 2004 calendar themed "When I Grow Up," takes you inside the vivid imaginations of 12 young people who show you their future dreams that they can now realize because of the special care they received from Driscoll physicians, nurses, and staff. Each month features an area child who has received the necessary treatment of various aliments including diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and asthma. Young patients from the areas of oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, nephrology, neonatology, neurology, radiology, urology, and occupational therapy are featured alongside their original beautiful full-color artwork. In addition, their stories are also featured throughout the calendar. About Driscoll Children’s
Hospital Happy 50th birthday! Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing 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, and a renowned pediatric intensive care program. # # # |
