A visionary plan to build the eight-story Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley, which will be located on the campus of DHR Health in Edinburg, will result in a $100+ million private investment for the ultramodern medical complex, area leaders announced on Friday, August 13, 2021. Driscoll Children’s Hospital, which will be only the 35th free-standing children’s hospital in the United States, also will create up to 400 well-paying jobs, and result in the construction of several hundred new homes for those employees who move to the area, according to Edinburg City Manager Ron Garza. “Obviously, the overall economic impact of a ...