Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley Transport Base Relocates

Ribbon Cutting & Open House Set for Tuesday, June 10th, Noon - 2 p.m.

(Brownsville, TX) Driscoll Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the location of its new Rio Grande Valley Transport Base. The new Base is located at the Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center - Brownsville, 5500 N. Expressway. A Ribbon Cutting and Open House will be held Tuesday, June 10th at noon to celebrate.

“One of our new state-of-the-art ambulances is now serving patients in the Rio Grande Valley,’ said Nan Budge, Director of Transport Services for Driscoll Children’s Hospital. “It is imperative that there is a Transport Base within the Valley to provide a quick response to young patients; the Transport Team is honored to continue our care.’ Children such as Sofia Isabella or Bruce Allen and their families understand this well. Bruce Allen was born premature and weighed just 2.2 pounds at birth. Sofia Isabella was born with a congenital heart condition. They were born in the Valley, however needed to be transported to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi soon after birth for treatment. Both of the former patients and their families will be on hand to help open the new Transport Base.

The Transport Base is served by a fleet of new, pediatric ambulances, as well as fixed wing and rotor air transportation. Patients in the Rio Grande Valley continue to receive the same life-saving, state-of-the-art care they always have from Driscoll Children’s Hospital Transport.

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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