| Shriners Children's Texas | |
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| Shriners Children's | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Galveston, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°18′34″N 94°46′37″W / 29.30944°N 94.77694°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Services | |
| Beds | 30 |
| Speciality | Pediatric burn care, Pediatric orthopedic care, Pediatric cleft lip |
| History | |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Links | |
| Website | Shriners Hospital for Children - Texas |
| Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
The Shriners Children's Texas is a 30-bed non-profit pediatric specialty hospital (orthopedic, burn, and other service lines), research, and teaching center located adjacent to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, US. Part of a 22-hospital system, it is one of the two Shriner's Hospitals Centers of Excellence and consists of an intensive care unit with 15 acute beds and a med/surg unit with 15 beds along with three operating rooms. The hospital is verified as a burn center by the American Burn Association and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.[1] In 2012, the hospital joined the Texas Medical Center as its 50th member institution.[2]
- ^ "Shriner's Hospital for Children — Galveston". Shriners Hospitals for Children. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ January 4, Cindy George on; PM, 2012 at 5:26 (4 January 2012). "Shriners Hospitals for Children — Galveston joins the Med Center". MedBlog.
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