A Message from Commissioner Cantrell:
I am privileged to serve as your County Commissioner for District 2. As your Commissioner, I have the responsibility and the duty to ensure Parkland will continue to be financially viable, it will perform to its potential and most importantly, it will meet the needs of our community.
Parkland Hospital
 The Parkland of today stands in stark contrast to the now retired building it left behind in 1974. Standing amongst Children’s Medical Center and UT – Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland has evolved from a building sitting on a 17-acre meadow to 685-bed facility, a leader in Level 1 Trauma and the Region’s only burn center. Parkland Hospital remains a pillar in medicine, serving as one of the largest teaching hospitals for future physicians, scientists and other health-care professionals. Click here for more Parkland information.
Parkland’s Future
As the Dallas County population grows, Parkland’s space slowly dwindles. That’s because Dallas County is growing everyday but the hospital itself has not been modified to accommodate the increase in number of patients.
On November 4th, Dallas County residents approved to build a new medical facility that will support Parkland’s efforts to continue to provide excellent medical care and treatment for the betterment of Dallas County.
Parkland Facts:
Proactive Public Health Service
- Parkland partners with DISD to place Youth & Family health clinics within schools to improve access to preventive and primary care
- Parkland has a network of 11 Community-Oriented Primary Care health centers throughout the highest need areas of the county
- Parkland’s Homeless Outreach Medical Services serve 28 homeless shelters
- Parkland houses the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Victim Intervention Program, and the North Texas Poison Center
- Parkland coordinates with the City, County, and area city health departments to prioritize and meet needs
Public Health System
- Parkland is one of the most financially stable public hospitals in the county and is debt-free
- Parkland has been named one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for the past 15 consecutive years
Safety-Net Provider
- Parkland serves as a stabilizing element in Dallas County as the care for patients and population who fall outside the medical and economic mainstream
- As a government provider, they are facilitating attraction of $100 million in federal matching dollars that will be allocated to area hospitals (Baylor, Presbyterian, Methodist and Medical City) to support patient care delivery to Medicaid and unfunded patients
Academic Medical Center
- Parkland is the training ground for medical staff and it is estimated that approximately half of the physicians practicing in Dallas County trained at Parkland
- Parkland serves the training ground for nurses, LVns, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, chaplains, and many other health and health–related disciplines
- Parkland clinicians and faculty have developed and honed practices and methods that are used around the nation and world
Regional Provider of Care
- Parkland is the major regional resource in the even of a disaster – natural or man made
- Parkland is one of the three Level I Trauma Center
- Parkland is the region’s burn center
- Parkland is designated by the Centers for Disease Control as the regional infection disease site
PARKLAND’S FUTURE
New Campus to Include:
- 546 Medical/Surgical/Trauma Beds
- 280 Women & Infatns’ Specialty Health Beds
- 106 Strategic Investment Beds
- 36 Programmatic Investment Beds
- Teaching & Non-Teaching Clinics
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