Tag: Health

Only six months after the launch of the South Texas Health System robotic program, its heart hospital is celebrating its 100th robotic surgery using the da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System.

DHR Health will begin offering liver transplants within the next month or so and is only pending the hiring of necessary personnel.

It's no secret that the nation has faced a nursing and doctor shortage since the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when medical professionals worked under extreme circumstances at their own peril and often without rest for days. Among those who underwent the most challenges were healthcare facilities that experienced staffing shortages, especially in the nursing field which further emphasized a need for healthcare workers.

BROWNSVILLE — There's a woman here who can still have kids.

HARLINGEN — When Gil Tello walked into OrthoCare a few months ago, he never expected to meet a student he hadn't seen in years.

South Texas Health System physicians are advising residents to get vaccinated as they begin to see an uptick in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

Emma Montes-Ewing grew up in Peru where access to medical care was strictly controlled under a socialized healthcare system. Fast forward several decades, and now she finds herself in America at the head of a local hospital that she wants to help grow and expand its healthcare access to the masses.

One moment changed Andrea Rodriguez's life forever.

Flu season has arrived in the Rio Grande Valley as county health officials are beginning to see an uptick in cases.

For Dr. Frank Robert Glatz, an ear, nose and throat specialist at South Texas Health System, a new device that is implanted in one’s throat will change the lives of those struggling with sleep apnea.