{"id":79112,"date":"2024-04-20T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lt-gov-dan-patrick-tours-100-million-rio-grande-valley-hospital-an-answer-to-prayer\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:01:04","slug":"lt-gov-dan-patrick-tours-100-million-rio-grande-valley-hospital-an-answer-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lt-gov-dan-patrick-tours-100-million-rio-grande-valley-hospital-an-answer-to-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tours $100 million Rio Grande Valley hospital: \u2018An answer to prayer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edinburg, TX, April 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visited South Texas on Saturday to tour Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

The new eight-story, $100 million hospital in Edinburg will open May 1 and become the first designated freestanding children\u2019s hospital in the Valley, a medically underserved area facing a shortage of pediatricians.<\/p>\n

At a press conference with Driscoll leadership, physicians and staff, the lieutenant governor spoke about his fondness for the Valley and about the importance of opening a new children\u2019s hospital in Edinburg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to be an answer to prayer. You don\u2019t have to go to Corpus and stay overnight,\u201d Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said, referring to the long drive patients in the Valley had to make to receive care at Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, the nearest specialty acute care hospital for kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you have a place in the valley that they can go to. And their families can have hope and they have the care that they need. It\u2019s really significant,\u201d Patrick said. <\/p>\n

Citing the fact that the new hospital would become the 33rd<\/sup> freestanding children\u2019s hospital in the entire U.S. and the fifth in Texas, the lieutenant governor said people would look back 30 years from now and recognize the opening of the hospital as historic.<\/p>\n

The new hospital will open with 119 pediatric beds and 700 employees. It will generate $124.7 million per year in economic growth to Texas, according to a Perryman Group study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening of this hospital will be instrumental in improving access to pediatric specialty care for families in the Rio Grande Valley.\u00a0 Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital Rio Grande Valley, and the many pediatric subspecialists that will work in it, represent an entirely new level of services previously unavailable close to home,\u201d said Matt Wolthoff, president of Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cDriscoll is proud show the Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick our new, life-changing children\u2019s hospital. Our vision to never turn a child away is growing eight stories taller,\u201d said Driscoll CEO Eric Hamon.<\/p>\n

The press conference on Saturday was also attended by Tialy Elaine Martinez, a 5-year-old Driscoll patient from the Valley who was treated for PHACE syndrome, a condition that affects the brain and heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to travel to Driscoll in Corpus, it was a very challenging moment because we had to leave our families and our home and stay for more than four months in Corpus,\u201d said Tialy\u2019s mother, IIiana Martinez. <\/p>\n

\u201cHaving our very own Driscoll here in the Rio Grande Valley is just a blessing\u2026 we are so glad, we are so happy that we have our very own Driscoll that we can call home from now on,\u201d Martinez said.<\/p>\n

The new hospital is located at 2820 W. Michelangelo Dr.<\/p>\n

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About Driscoll:<\/b> Driscoll is the premier healthcare provider for kids in South Texas. We are a nonprofit healthcare system that has served communities in the Lone Star State since 1953. Today, Driscoll is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare system in the region, offering care at Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital in Corpus Christi and at specialty centers and clinics across South Texas. Soon, we\u2019ll open Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley, the first freestanding designated children\u2019s hospital in the region. Our non-profit community-based health plan, Driscoll Health Plan, offers Texas families access to local physicians and other life-saving benefits.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edinburg, TX, April 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visited South Texas on Saturday to tour Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital Rio Grande Valley. 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