PRESS RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 18, 2007

MEDIA - FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sherie Cantrell
Media & Public Relations Coordinator
Phone (361) 694-5662
Cell (361) 548-6073
www.driscollchildrens.org

EXCESSIVE CAR TEMPERATURES
POSE SERIOUS RISK TO CHILDREN
CAR TEMPERATURE AWARENESS
PROVIDED BY DRISCOLL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
INJURY PREVENTION

Who:	Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Injury Prevention Program The Injury Prevention Program provides training and education to groups and individuals. The Injury Prevention Program is sponsoring car temperature awareness this month.
What:	Each year, children are seriously injured and even die as a direct result of excessive heat when left in locked cars. During the hot summer months in South Texas, it is very important for parents to understand the great danger that leaving or forgetting your children in a car poses. Temperatures in locked cars can reach very dangerous levels. In an effort to educate parents on this topic, Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Injury Prevention Program will be available in McAllen to demonstrate the use of temperature gages in cars. Parents are invited to come and learn more about how to prevent this danger to their children during these hot summer months.
Where:	McAllen Specialty Center-1120 E Ridge Rd McAllen, Texas 78503
When:	WEDNESDAY, July 18th from 2pm-3pm

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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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