Nov. 15, 2005 COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Scott & White and St. Joseph Regional Health Center (SJRHC) announced an effort to improve the quality and accessibility of medical care for local children - Children's Miracle Network Brazos Valley.

Children's Miracle Network-the alliance of premier hospitals for children-is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals across North America. Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind.

Scott & White Hospital in Temple is the designated Children's Miracle Network hospital in Central Texas. Prior to the announcement of this partnership, many Brazos Valley children had been directed to Scott & White Hospital in Temple - more than an hour away from Bryan/College Station - to receive the level of medical care necessary for their conditions.

Scott & White and SJRHC recognized both the need for a higher level of pediatric care in the Brazos Valley and increased accessibility for local pediatric patients, thus forming a partnership to support Children's Miracle Network Brazos Valley.

Scott and White President and CEO, Alfred B. Knight, M.D., said the partnership with SJRHC will benefit local children and strengthen the relationship between the two hospitals. "We are pleased to be working together through Children’s Miracle Network to enhance local care for kids and bring national notoriety to the quality care being provided to kids in Brazos Valley."

Jack Buckley, St. Joseph Regional Health Center CEO, says that both organizations have long shared a commitment to children's health services. "This relationship is for the kids. It’s about the desire our two organizations have, with support from community physicians, to better serve the medical needs of children here in the Brazos Valley. High-quality care as close to home as possible is the most ideal situation for sick children and their parents."

About Children's Miracle Network Brazos Valley
Children’s Miracle Network Brazos Valley is a unique partnership between Scott & White Hospital in Temple, TX and St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, TX. Scott & White, the designated Children’s Miracle Network hospital in the Central Texas region, recognized the need for more local pediatric medical care in the Bryan/College Station community. Scott & White proudly partnered with St. Joseph Regional Health Center as a venue to offer these pediatric services and as an adopted Children’s Miracle Network location. Together, Scott & White and St. Joseph are pleased to offer world-class pediatric care right here in Bryan/College Station.

About Scott & White
The Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation is a not-for-profit Texas organization affiliated with Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic. Established on December 29, 1897, by Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh White Jr., Scott & White is one of the largest multi-specialty group practices in the United States. Scott & White's mission is to provide personalized comprehensive high-quality health care enhanced by medical education and research. The health system encompasses a main clinic in Temple, 14 regional clinics and an award-winning teaching hospital affiliated with The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine. The nationally recognized health plan, another component of the Scott & White system, provides coverage to more than 186,000 members in 34 counties. The 550-plus physicians and scientists at Scott & White see patients from Texas, the Southwest, the United States and many foreign countries.

About St. Joseph Regional Health Center
St. Joseph Regional Health Center is the anchor facility for St. Joseph Health System, a health ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio. Established in 1936, SJRHC is a 210-bed health care center offering the community’s Lead Level III Trauma Center, an extensive inpatient and outpatient surgery program, and is known throughout the region for its cardiac, cancer and rehabilitation programs. SJRHC includes St. Joseph Regional Rehabilitation Center, a freestanding facility with includes a 31-bed rehabilitation unit and a 30-bed Skilled Unit; and Grimes St. Joseph Health Center, a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Navasota.