Shriner's Hospitals For Children

                                                          

            The Silent Messenger is the emblem of the Shriner's Charity of helping Children to walk.

 

Our Board Members

PP Bill Sandell

PP Quince Mitchell
 

The Houston Orthopedic Unit

6977 S. Main

Houston, TX 77030

Phone: (713) 797-1616

Steve Reiter Administrator

 
 

 

 

Expert Pediatric Orthopedic Care

The Shriners Hospital for Children, Houston is a 40-bed pediatric orthopedic hospital providing comprehensive orthopedic care to children.

The hospital, which accepts and treats children with routine and complex orthopedic problems, is one of just a few pediatric hospitals in the United States performing micro vascular orthopedic procedures, and has also become known for its work with children with cerebral palsy.

While the Shriners Hospitals for Children— Houston is equipped and staffed to provide care for virtually all-pediatric orthopedic problems, with the exception of acute trauma; the hospital has developed a special expertise in the following areas:

Scoliosis

Congenital dislocated hip

Congenital and acquired hand problems

Gait analysis

Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Rib cage deformities/pectus excavatum

Genetics

Orthopaedic problems of cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders

 

Galveston Burn Unit

815 Market St.,

Galveston, TX 77550

Tel. (409) 770-6600

John A. Swartwout, Administrator
 

Our Board Members

PP Mike Hartzer

PP Jim Goodman
 
 


       

 

Acute Burn Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation

The Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, is a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital providing comprehensive acute care and reconstructive and rehabilitative care to children who have been burned. There is no charge to the patient or family for any of the medical care or services provided by Shriners Hospitals. This hospital is one of 22 Shriners Hospitals throughout North America.

The Galveston hospital is equipped and staffed to treat the following: Acute burns, Plastic reconstructive or restorative, surgery as a result of "healed" burns, Severe scarring, resulting in contractures or interfering with mobility of the limbs, Scarring and deformity of the face, Cleft lip and palate repair

 

Hospital Transportation Report:

Valley:                                              Corpus

Trips: 9                                              Trips: 1

Patients /w Parent – 46                        Patients: 1

Vans: 14                                            Vans: 1

Drivers: 32                                         Drivers: 2

Miles Driven: 1,418                              Miles: 465

Man/hours: * 1,036                             Man Hours: 28

*Man hours do not include clinic trips

 

Hospital Transportation

Corpus Christi             Jim Bixler

Victoria                       Harold Baecker

RGV                           Dale McMillian

 

 

Al Amin Shrine Rio Grande Valley Major and Minor Clinics

Minor & Major Crippled Children’s Clinic

 

MINI                                                              MAJOR

January 26                                                      March 8&9

April 26                                                           June 7&8

July 26                                                            September 6&7

October 25                                                      December 13 & 14

If you have any questions, call the Club @ (956) 797-1524 RGV or the clinic

RGV Clinic POC Cesar Garcia.

Note from the Galveston Burns Hospital

The first Valley Telemedicine clinic in February 1st 2012 at the Rio Grande Shrine Club with the assistance of the Nomad Shrine Club

Nomad Burns Clinic POC Dale McMillian