By HFT Staff

Children’s Health, one of the largest pediatric health care providers in the country and the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas, recently announced a $7.5 million donation from Bright Industries to help provide ongoing care for children in the Plano community and beyond. 

In recognition of this generous donation, Children’s Health will name the new emergency department under construction at Children’s Medical Center Plano with the Bright name. This is the largest philanthropic gift in the Plano hospital’s history and one of the largest donations made in Collin County. 

Groundbreaking for the Children’s Medical Center Plano campus expansion took place in October 2021 and is expected to be complete by early 2024. The new emergency department will be relocated to provide increased space and state-of-the-art equipment and resources critical to the hospital’s Level IV Trauma Center to serve the growing pediatric population in this region. It will also include dedicated behavioral health treatment rooms. 

Expansion plans for the Plano campus also include a new 395,000-square-foot tower to house expanded specialty care programs, such as cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, orthopedics and neurology, among others. The new tower, which will nearly double the size of the hospital facility, will increase the total number of available beds from 72 to 240. 

Ancillary services at Children’s Medical Center Plano, such as pharmacy, lab and imaging, will also expand to serve the added beds. Additional operating room space will be incorporated into the building plans and a new parking structure will be built to accommodate more patient families and visitors.