Huge hurricane rips into Lone Star state: Hospitals evacuate most at-risk

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:01:08 -0500

Boston Herald - Urgent preparations for Hurricane Harvey’s wrath touched some of Texas’ tiniest residents yesterday, when 10 neonatal intensive care patients at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi were airlifted 350 miles away from the catastrophic storm’s path.

A phone call at 11:30 a.m. Thursday from Driscoll’s hospital chief to the head of Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth kicked off a frantic, 17-hour race to get the smallest and sickest patients to safety before the massive, Category 4 hurricane slammed into the Lone Star State, Cook Children’s Transport Director Debbie Boudreaux told the Herald yesterday.

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'It's A Miracle': Some Of Harvey's First Evacuees Were Newborns, Flown To Fort Worth

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:44:04 -0500

KERA - Nereyda Rangel sang to her newborn daughter at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi. The building sits only a few blocks from Corpus Christi Bay, which spills into the Texas Gulf Coast. As Hurricane Harvey brewed in the Gulf, Shaddai Jireh Leija fought for her life. Soon, she and other newborns would need more than just medical care. They would need help getting out of there.

Read how Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport Team answered the call for help and moved the babies out of harm's way.

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Huge hurricane rips into Lone Star state: Hospitals evacuate most at-risk

'It's A Miracle': Some Of Harvey's First Evacuees Were Newborns, Flown To Fort Worth