Driscoll Children’s Hospital is celebrating a multimillion-dollar gift by the Dobson Family Foundations, Las Aguilas Enterprises, and individual Dobson family members to support its Heart Center, a nationally recognized pediatric cardiac program that treats children and newborns with the most complex congenital heart diseases. Funds from the gift will be used to complete the construction […]
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visited South Texas on Saturday to tour Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley. The new eight-story, $100 million hospital in Edinburg will open next month and become the first designated freestanding children’s hospital in the Valley, a medically underserved area facing a shortage of pediatricians. At a press conference with […]
Driscoll opened a new Quick Care clinic in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, April 9. This is Driscoll’s second Quick Care in Corpus Christi. The Quick Care is located at 2401 Morgan Ave, Corpus Christi, Texas 78405. The new clinic will benefit the community with prompt treatments and a local medical staff. The Quick Care will […]
The 32nd Annual Fiesta de los Niños was a fun and successful celebration, giving businesses, individuals, and the whole community a chance to join the effort of providing more and better healthcare for children. This year, Driscoll raised $850,000. The funds will go to helping build out the Pavilion where 50,000 square feet of additional […]
For years, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been a lifeline for families in South Texas, starting as the region’s first freestanding pediatric emergency room in 1953. Now, with a new location set to open soon in the vibrant Rio Grande Valley, the hospital’s legacy of compassionate care reaches even further. Families from near and far will experience support […]
When a local family arrived at Driscoll’s emergency room with their 16-year-old child, clinical staff knew immediately something was wrong. “Right from the start, you could already tell this kiddo’s shoulder was completely dislocated,” said Mario Hernandez, the inpatient ER nurse who cared for the patient. “Without even the x-rays, you already knew something was […]