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Patients & Families

Resource Center

Driscoll Children's Hospital offers patients and their families a full spectrum of services designed to make their experience a positive one.

Pediatric Specialties & Departments

Driscoll Children's Hospital has brought together a team of specialized pediatric physicians, nurses, support staff and programs to offer children quality treatment in this extensive list of pediatric specialties and services.

Medical Care

Find a Physician

Search for a Driscoll physician by name or specialty.

Support Services

Admitting

Contact information and what you need to know to make the admission process as smooth as possible.

Billing

Information regarding your billing and financial issues. You can also pay your bill online.

Discharge Planning & Referring

Information and assistance for the discharge process and the next steps in a patient's recovery.

Driscoll Children's Health Plan

Providing patients and their families with affordable healthcare coverage.

Family Advisory Board

A look at the role of the Family Advisory Board, how to become a member and how to contribute your ideas.

Family Connection

A place where you can find information to help your child maintain good health, check out books and magazines, use a computer and more.

Interpretation Services

Interpretation Services offers extensively trained medical interpreters.

Lean On Me

Lean On Me (LOM) is a structured six week bereavement support group for children and families who have experienced the loss of a loved one through death.

Pastoral Care

Services offered to help meet the spiritual needs of our patients.

Patient Relations

Your resource for services to make your experience with Driscoll a positive one. Services include language interpretation, customer feedback, meal and lodging assitance and much more.

Physician Communication

Contact information for referring-physician communication.

Social Work

For those guests needing special services such as counseling, community resource assessment, assistance with meals, transportation, lodging and more.

Stripes Child Life Program at Driscoll Children's Hospital

Our child life specialists offer psychosocial and emotional support to children and families to reduce stress and anxiety while in the healthcare setting.

Telemedicine

Learn about telemedicine services available at Driscoll Children's Hospital.

Web Nursery

An online gallery for our newborns.

WIC

A health and nutrition program for pregnant women, new mothers and children under the age of five.

Patient & Family Education

Patient and Family Education Materials

Information and printable materials for more than 4,000 topics relating to family health and medication.

Government Product Recalls

Updated information on recalls from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Hand Hygiene

Important information on hand washing in order to reduce the risk of infection while in the hospital.

Food & Nutrition

Find out more about providing adequate and proper nutrition for your growing child.

Injury Prevention

Information regarding child passenger seat safety, alcohol awareness, bicycle safety and more from the Driscoll Injury Prevention Department.

Safe Sleep Program

Where and how to create a safe space for your baby to sleep.

Mom's Place

Information, services and community resources for breastfeeding women.

S.A.F.E. Program

The S.A.F.E. message is designed with four basic tips to help families live healthier lifestyles.

Contact Information

Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411

(361) 694-5000
(800) DCH-LOVE or (800) 324-5683

For TTY Deaf Messaging Connect to TTY Interpretation by dialing
(800) 735-2989
Driscoll Children's hospital Heart Center houses an advanced Cath unit. Pediatric electrophysiology clinic is a joint effort between Driscoll Children's Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital.
Gary Nycum, Critical Care RN, (left) demonstrates Safe Sleep basics at a recent public healthcare event.
Patient relations representatives Javier Landivar (left) and Peniel Martinez (right) escort Discovery Channel characters as they visit children at Driscoll Children's Hospital.
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Patients & Families

News

La Palmera Mall to host Children's Miracle Network Telethon

May 16, 2012
Event benefiting Driscoll Children's Hospital will be broadcast on KIII CORPUS CHRISTI - For 27 years, Driscoll Children's Hospital and KIII-TV 3 have staged the Children's Miracle Network Telethon, bringing Coastal Bend viewers true-to-life stories of children meeting tremendous challenges with the help of South Texas'...
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Driscoll, Stripes announce early achievement of $1 million commitment to hospital

May 09, 2012
Sam L. Susser, president & CEO of Susser Holdings Corp. (fifth from left) and Driscoll Children's Hospital President & CEO Steve Woerner (sixth from left) were joined by Driscoll's child life specialists May 9 for the ceremonial presentation of a $1 million check from Stripes Convenience Stores.
CORPUS CHRISTI - The Stripes Child Life Program at Driscoll Children's Hospital will celebrate a $1 million goal being reached a year early when officials from the Stripes Convenience Stores chain announce the totals of the 2012 Children's Miracle Network Balloon Campaign held April 2-29, 2012. Representing Stripes will be Sam L....
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Driscoll, Stripes to announce landmark accomplishment

May 07, 2012
WHAT: Officials with Driscoll Children's Hospital and Stripes will hold a press conference to provide an update on the $1 million commitment the convenience store chain made to Driscoll in 2009, including the impact of the Stripes Child Life Program and other projects made possible by the funds. WHEN:...
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Driscoll residents use grant to help families at women's shelter

April 30, 2012
CORPUS CHRISTI - This month, two second-year residents at Driscoll Children's Hospital used a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to vaccinate children, educate families about vaccination and research barriers to vaccination at the Women's Shelter of South Texas. Shuya Wu, MD and Santiago Encalada, MD received...
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Credit union helps lucky Driscoll patients see Disney on Ice show

April 25, 2012
WHAT: Twelve Driscoll Children's Hospital patients and their parent or guardian will gather at the hospital's lobby and depart for the Disney on Ice show at the American Bank Center, courtesy of Navy Army Community Credit Union, who purchased the trip for $6,500 at this year's Fiesta de los Niños live auction. Transportation...
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