When six El Paso hospitals launched NICU disaster drills this spring, they joined a small and elite group nationwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than half of all hospitals with an emergency department have a disaster plan for children. So what did the BorderRAC exercise reveal? Among takeaways, the participating More >>
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Guest Column: Preparing for Harvey in the Coastal Bend
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, began like any typical day for the staff of Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi – meeting notices and cafeteria menu changes were sent out via email, patients were cared for, staff came and went as scheduled. People along the Texas coast had been watching a tropical depression that had recently More >>
