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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.
pediatric cardiology
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Patients & Families

News

Driscoll's McAllen clinic to host Heart Celebration

February 15, 2012
Event is to increase awareness of congenital heart defects McALLEN - In a month that most people associate with Valentine's Day, Driscoll Children's Medical Plaza - McAllen will be hosting a Heart Celebration Feb. 17 for its young cardiology patients. Following Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (see www.tchin.org/aware/),...
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Driscoll Children's Health Plan opens new office in Edinburg

February 14, 2012
EDINBURG - In conjunction with its expansion into 10 South Texas counties, Driscoll Children's Health Plan (DCHP) has opened a new office at 5409 S. McColl Rd. in Edinburg. The office will provide case management, social work, provider relations and community outreach to help the Medicaid-eligible population obtain the healthcare...
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Driscoll to focus on heart defect awareness this month

February 10, 2012
Mayoral proclamation will be read at city hall on Feb. 14 CORPUS CHRISTI - February is a month associated by many with the heart due to Valentine's Day. The week of Feb. 7-14 is also recognized in the US as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (see www.tchin.org/aware/). In an effort to bring awareness to the community,...
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Driscoll Children's Hospital's 20th annual Fiesta de los Niños nets record proceeds

February 08, 2012
Janie Hoskins (left) and Suzanne Almond were co-chairs for the 20th annual Fiesta de los Niños.
CORPUS CHRISTI - Driscoll Children's Hospital's 20th annual Fiesta de los Niños on Feb. 3 surpassed organizers' expectations and netted $620,000, all of which will go toward the renovation and expansion of the hospital's Emergency Department. The fundraiser, held at the American Bank Center, featured live, silent and bid-board auctions,...
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Employers, public invited to panel discussion promoting breastfeeding in the workplace

January 30, 2012
CORPUS CHRISTI - Driscoll Children's Hospital will host a panel discussion Feb. 10 to educate the public and business professionals about the federal law that supports lactating women once they return to the workforce. Panel members will include representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Texas Department of State Health...
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