Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is a teaching hospital and major medical center in Dallas, Texas. It is the flagship hospital of Texas Health Resources, the largest health system in North Texas, and it serves as a teaching and tertiary care facility. The hospital opened in 1966 and has about 875 beds and around 1,200 physicians. It is the biggest employer in the Vickery Meadow area of Dallas.
In 2008, the hospital started a program to have critical-care specialists available in intensive care units 24/7. This initiative helped reduce infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line infections, and pressure ulcers.
The hospital runs an internal medicine residency program that has been active since 1977 and hosts rotating medical students from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Ebola outbreak (2014): The hospital gained national attention as the site of the first Ebola diagnosis in the United States. Thomas Eric Duncan, who had recently traveled from Liberia, was initially sent home after a visit. He later returned seriously ill and was admitted; two nurses, Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, contracted Ebola. Vinson later flew to Ohio and back before diagnosis, raising concerns about potential exposure.
Notable patients: The hospital has treated several well-known people, including John McClamrock, a paralyzed former high school football player; former President George W. Bush, who had a heart stent placed during a procedure in Dallas; actress Greer Garson, who died there in 1996; and Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States.
In popular culture: Exteriors of the hospital’s 1966 building were used in the TV show Dallas to depict Dallas Memorial Hospital.
Website: texashealth.org/dallas
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