能量直接支持扩大德克萨斯儿童心脏中心|德克萨斯儿童医院

休斯敦–（2015年12月18日）–今天上午在一个庆祝活动，德克萨斯儿童医院宣布了一项500万美元的承诺，从能量直接到医院的承诺”活动。The gift will be used to help expand Texas Children’s Heart Center in order to serve more children in the Houston community, the state of Texas and across the nation。Texas Children’s Heart Center is ranked #2 nationally in cardiology and heart surgery by U.S。News & World Report。For more information about Texas Children’s Heart Center visit texaschildrens.org/heart. 

Direct Energy’s commitment is the largest corporate gift ever made to a Texas Children’s campaign priority。Nearly 200 employees from both institutions gathered at Texas Children’s to celebrate and hear remarks from Mark A。Wallace, president and CEO of Texas Children’s; Michael C。Linn, a member of Texas Children’s Board of Trustees and chair, along with his wife Carol, of the Promise Campaign; and Badar Khan, president and CEO of Direct Energy.

“直接能源的慷慨支持将有助于确保德克萨斯儿童能够继续提供高度专业化的照顾，每一个孩子谁来我们的帮助，特别是对那些谁是最危重和最复杂的需求，”华勒斯说。

在保证运动的最高优先事项之一是临界膨胀，外科和急救护理服务和设施在德克萨斯医学中心的校园，包括德克萨斯儿童心脏中心。 

“Texas Children’s is a world-class provider of pediatric care and Direct Energy is proud to join forces with this extraordinary institution and make this meaningful gift,” said Khan。“We know our partnership with Texas Children’s will make a difference in the health and well-being of countless children and families.”

Texas Children’s recently began construction on a new 640,000-square-foot, 19-story pediatric tower。Texas Children’s Heart Center will be expanded and relocated to this pediatric tower to provide complex care more efficiently and serve even more patients。The new facility will also house pediatric intensive care units, cardiovascular intensive care units and operating rooms.

Each year, Texas Children’s Heart Center specialists see 20,000 patients in outpatient clinics。In 2014, Texas Children’s surgeons performed 900 congenital heart surgeries and 32 heart transplants – more than any other pediatric hospital in the nation。Texas Children’s has also pioneered many of the now-standard cardiac procedures used around the world.

Promise: The Campaign for Texas Children’s Hospital is a comprehensive, $475 million fundraising effort launched in 2014 to help ensure the hospital meets the increasing need for specialized care for Houston’s rapidly growing pediatric community。For more information about the Promise campaign, visit www.texaschildrens.org/promise.

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