Facts

• Four children’s hospital feasibility studies were conducted from 1993-2004.  On November 6, 2007, the El Paso Community voted for a $120 million bond to build a separately licensed Children’s Hospital.

• February 2009 groundbreaking began at children’s hospital site. 

• February 14, 2012, El Paso Children’s Hospital opens to the public on time and on budget.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital is the only separately licensed, non-taxing, independent, 501(c) (3) not-for-profit children’s hospital in the El Paso region and the only dedicated Pediatric Hospital within a 200-mile radius of El Paso, Texas.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital elevates the quality and scope of medical care in the El Paso region by providing unmatched excellence in specialized pediatric patient care, research and education.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital partnerships with the Medical Center of the Americas, the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and University Medical Center of El Paso enhances the lives of children from the greater El Paso area and surrounding region through its innovative pediatric research and education and serves as a teaching institution.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital is the largest expansion of pediatric medical services in West Texas with approximately 225,000 square feet.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital features 122 private pediatric rooms, state of the art equipment, family friendly space, kids “pain free” playrooms, pediatric rehabilitation, pediatric emergency department, pediatric imaging, pediatric inpatient and outpatient infusion, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric operating rooms, pediatric critical care transport team, and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.

• El Paso Children’s Hospital has recruited over 30 Pediatric Subspecialists and is actively recruiting more Pediatric Subspecialists.

El Paso Children’s Hospital Floor Breakout

• Lower Level- North Tower EPCH Pharmacy, Administration, Pediatric Rehab
• 1^st Floor- North Tower EPCH Pediatric Emergency, Imaging & Lab
• 2^nd Floor- North Tower EPCH Surgery
• 2^nd Floor – 5^th Floor East Tower – UMC
• 6^th Floor- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (50 Beds)
• 7^th Floor- Hematology/Oncology (24 Beds)
• 8^th Floor- Shelled (future 26 Beds)
• 9^th Floor- General Pediatrics (26 Beds)
• 10^th Floor- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (22 Beds)
• Total Beds: 122