Localizing health care From the cover
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With the construction of three new hospitals across San Antonio, University Health will be creating a “wheel and spoke” model, staff said. This model will have University Hospital as the central location, offering specialized care and ser- vices, while the Retama Hospital focuses on primary care and nonspecialized emergency care. “University Hospital has 650 beds or so, and it can’t handle the whole county,” Hernández said. “The county is growing by leaps and bounds, so you need to have a community hospital that can provide services closer to home that the community needs.”
will feature turnaround lanes for emergency vehicles, aimed at reducing response times for the area. Hernández said University Hospital sees around 50,000 patients from the Northeast San Antonio area, with that number growing alongside rapid population growth. The Retama hospital is expected to see 30,000 emergency department visits and around 4,000 surgeries within the first two years, Hernández said. According to a University Health February news release, the hospital will have additional room for future expansion as the population and need for the surrounding area grows. Starting out, the hospital will have 166 beds, with the potential for 286 total beds after the facility is fully expanded.
In 2021, University Health spent $11.6 million on more than 40 acres in Selma to be used for a new hospital. This is one of three planned hospitals around the San Antonio area, according to University Health staff. The hospital will be located on the corner of Retama Parkway and Lookout Road in Selma. It will feature nearly 600,000 combined square feet for a main hospital campus and an ancillary medical office building, University Health documents show. Alongside the construction of the new hospital, the city of Selma started a project to reconstruct Retama Parkway, improving road quality for emergency services. Lookout Road will also see improvements funded through the Alamo Area Metropolitan Organization. The addition of elevated lanes along I-35
Comparing Services University Health Retama Hospital
Primary Care: • 24/7 emergency department: Has basic emergency department facilities • Neonatal intensive care unit: Capable of care for newborns born without complications • Labor and delivery unit: Capable of general maternal and neonatal care
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Other services including:
Planned medical offices Planned expansion areas
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RETAMA PARK
• Inpatient units • Operating rooms • Radiology
• Pharmacy • Lab services
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University Hospital
42.5 acres land bought for new hospital 485,000 square foot main building 30,000 emergency department visits anticipated over 2 years
Specialized care: • Level I trauma center: Capable of treating critically injured adults and children through specialized care • Women and children’s hospital: Capable of advanced maternal and neonatal care • Level IV NICU: Capable of treating complex medical complications in premature or ill newborns • Heart and vascular care • Transplant program
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