John Sealy, Jennie Sealy, & Children’s Hospitals Galveston are State-of-the-Art Facilities. They are all a part of the University of Texas Medical (UTMB) complex.
UTMB is nationally recognized and has growing research programs focusing on biodefense and infectious diseases, vaccine development, aging and longevity, neuroscience, molecular medicine, environmental health, asthma, gastrointestinal health, cancer, and diabetes.
JOHN SEALY HOSPITAL GALVESTON
John Sealy was founded by his widow and brother after his death. John Sealy Hospital is located at 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX. The hospital opened on January 10, 1890. The hospital accompanied by the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, opened two months after the hospital. The foundation became the primary teaching facility of University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). UTMB opened October 1891. In 1922, John Sealy’s children, John Sealy, II and Jennie Sealy Smith established the Sealy & Smith Foundation for the hospital. This foundation enabled construction of several new facilities, including the Rebecca Sealy Nurses’ home.
In 1954 a second John Sealy Hospital was built replacing the 1890 building. Today it is known as the John Sealy Annex and houses administrative and support services.
The current 12-storyJohn Sealy Hospital was completed in 1978 at a cost of $32.5 million and was funded in full by the Sealy & Smith Foundation. The hospital includes single-patient rooms and specialized intensive care units. Other features include the Acute Care for Elders Unit (ACE) Unit and a Level I Trauma Center, one of only three in the entire Greater Houston area.
Since its inception, the Sealy & Smith Foundation has contributed over $600 million to UTMB.
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on the Texas Gulf Coast. UTMB was forced to close temporarily. Renovations were undertaken in damaged areas of John Sealy Hospital and its trauma center and both were reopened.
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL GALVESTON
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston reached another milestone in its distinguished history at the forefront of pediatric care when it opened the doors of a new Children’s Hospital in 2012 on the 10th floor of John Sealy Hospital.
The UTMB Health Children’s Hospital offers unsurpassed care for children in an intimate, family-centered environment designed for both healing and fun. The fully redesigned hospital within a hospital reflects attention to all the details that matter to children, offering the whimsy and serenity of an ocean/island color and design scheme along with many special spaces for toddlers, older children and teenagers to play, relax, unwind and spend time with family members. Large patient rooms have couches that convert to beds, large flat-screen TVs with DVD players, in-room refrigerators and large comfortable chairs that fully recline.
There is a state of-the-art arcade, an air-hockey table, Wii game units, X Boxes, Play Stations and many other toys, puzzles, games, books and DVDs for all ages in the common rooms.
The new UTMB Health Children’s Hospital is served by a child life program. Child life specialists promote effective coping through play and provide emotional support for families and children during a hospital stay. The child life specialist is an integral part of the team during any procedure that might be frightening or painful, helping children to relax and remember to have fun even when they are sick. The entire Children’s Hospital was designed with this combination of healing and fun in mind.
UTMB’s specialty care is unsurpassed, with pediatric specialty and subspecialty physicians with many years of special training and the expertise that accompanies this. Its professional staff are all specially trained to care for children. Together this reflects the deep commitment of UTMB in providing the best possible care for children and creates a multidisciplinary team of experts, focused on one common goal: improving the health of each child in its care.
JENNIE SEALY HOSPITAL GALVESTON
Jennie Sealy Hospital at 712 Texas Ave. in Galveston, TX 77555 opened its doors Saturday, April 9, 2016. The $438 million facility features 310 patient rooms, including 60 dedicated ICU beds, a 28-bed day surgery unit and 20 state-of-the-art operating suites. Most of the patient rooms have views of either Galveston Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. Several units of the hospital will remain at John Sealy Hospital including the Blocker Burn Unit, Mother and Baby and Labor and Delivery units.
Follow the dedication of the Jennie Sealy Hospital February 26, 2016 on YouTube at UTMB Jennie Sealy Hospital Dedication – YouTube.
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