Health care
BY NICHAELA SHAHEEN & JESSICA SHORTEN
TOMAGWA to o er new maternal, OB GYN health services TOMAGWA HealthCare Ministries has expanded its services to include comprehensive OB GYN care and will now provide both prenatal and gynecological services to uninsured women. The expansion comes after ndings from TOMAGWA’s Community Health Needs Assess- ment, which identi ed a shortage of maternal care in the area, CEO Timika Simmons said. The background Simmons said TOMAGWA is “the only indigent care provider within a 600-square-mile radius.” As a result, it has served as a gateway to maternal services by referring patients to partner providers. However, Simmons said increasing demand and limited availability of local providers made it necessary to bring these services in-house.
Memorial Hermann organ transplant department ‘not in good standing’ The Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center received a major action from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Organ Procurement & Transplantation Net- work on Feb. 25. The “not in good standing” designation was issued to the organ trans- plant department 10 months after the hospital system voluntarily suspended its liver and kidney transplant programs. What it means Hospital o cials said heart and lung transplant operations would continue, and sta are working toward getting liver and kidney transplant services operating again.
“Many women, especially those without insurance, don’t receive prenatal care until late in their second trimester or even arrive at the emergency
room in labor without any prior care. By expanding our services, we can lower the risk of complications.” TIMIKA SIMMONS, TOMAGWA CEO
To support those services, the clinic has a new full-time OB GYN sta consisting of an OB doctor, practitioner and nurse, Simmons said. Diving in deeper TOMAGWA’s OB GYN program now o ers full prenatal care, ultrasounds, gynecological services and laboratory testing in collaboration with Houston Methodist, Simmons said. Deliveries and outpatient surgical procedures remain outsourced to hospital partners.
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