Health care
Health care
BY THOMAS LEFFLER
BY THOMAS LEFFLER
Methodist Hospital Northeast’s Interventional Radiology lab reopened in March following $2.7 million worth of renovations, Chief Executive O cer Jerrica George said. Renovations began in October and were completed at the end of February, Ashley Funkhouser, division director of media relations at Methodist Hospital, said. The original lab—which rst opened in 1994—now oers 3D imaging with its CT scans, allowing for “very precise” diagnoses and treatment, Chief Operating O cer Felicia De La Garza told Community Impact . Renovations aim to improve patient imaging
Diabetic institute to open in Live Oak Methodist Diabetic Foot and Ankle Institute - Northeast will open at 12412 Judson Road, Live Oak, this summer. The clinic is an extension of the existing program at Methodist Hospital in San Anto- nio, according to hospital sta. Why it matters The clinic will prevent limb amputations of those with diabetes, Chief Operating Ocer Felicia De La Garza said. “I think our patients here, especially in this area, have the need for [care of] peripheral vascular disease,” De La Garza said. Limb amputations can be the result of peripheral vascular disease, a narrowing of the blood vessels reducing blood ¡ow to the limbs, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website.
University Health hospital sees progress University Health Retama Hospital has crossed another construction milestone in Selma. The planned hospital on the corner of Retama Parkway and Lookout Road had its topping out ceremony on April 14, with the nal steel beam put on the top of the ve-story construction. What happened University Health spent $11.6 million on more than 40 acres to be used for a new hospital, one of three planned near San Antonio, according to previous Community Impact reporting. The hospital will have 166 beds to start, with potential for 286 total beds after full expansion of the facility. The hospital will employ about 1,000 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, according to a news release. University Health Retama will have a 24/7 emergency department, advanced operating
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The renovations give doctors the ability to take on more emergency cases, which helps them reduce the number of internal bleeding in trauma patients. Imaging technology upgrades have also reduced radiation exposure by two-thirds for patients and 50% for hospital sta, De Le Garza said.
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suites, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy, as well as labor and delivery and other services. University Health Chief Operating Ocer Edward Banos said the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for a local hospital serving the Northeast San Antonio population. “What we saw during COVID is that having a single hospital without having a community hospi- tal can hamper us in times of need in making sure patients have access close to home,” Banos said. What’s next The hospital is still on track for an early 2027 opening, the news release states.
One example of 3D imaging is a CT scan that spins around a patient to be able to better see a tumor. Renovations updated equipment that was 30 years old, De La Garza said. Imaging technology upgrades oer better detail of blood vessel abnormalities that could lead to diseases like peripheral artery disease, according to a hospital news release. “Radiology in general is a diagnostic function of a hospital, but with this technology it can be just as much about treatment as it is diagnosing,” Interventional Radiology Supervisor Erik Mahoney said in the release.
Doctors celebrated the reopening of its Interventional Radiology lab on March 5.
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