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The Rio Grande Valley’s three Prime hospitals are now part of the Molina Healthcare network, the hospitals announced in a news release Monday.

The mother of a Weslaco woman who died in 2021 is now accusing Knapp Medical Center and one of its physicians of not providing adequate care to her daughter the day that she died.

The corporate operator of Harlingen Medical Center, Mission Regional Medical Center, and Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco has received a national award for improving patient safety and health-care quality.

HARLINGEN — Parents in the Rio Grande Valley who’ve lost a child too soon will have the opportunity to honor their children’s memory with...

The five major hospital systems in Hidalgo County are asking county commissioners for financial support in order to respond to the surge in COVID-19 patients. The Monitor obtained a copy of the letter that five medical institutions — Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, South Texas Health System, Mission Regional Medical Center, Rio Grande Regional Hospital and Knapp Medical Center — sent to Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez and the four county commissioners on Thursday.  “From the outset of the pandemic, our health systems have acted early and undertaken a wide variety of measures to prepare for and respond to the public health emergency, including but not limited to, retrofitting facilities, revamping standard operating procedures, innovating new ways to deliver safe and efficient healthcare, and expending significant resources in adding capacity to be able to provide care for COVID-19 patients,” the letter stated.  Read the full story at themonitor.com

The five major hospital systems in Hidalgo County are asking county commissioners for financial support in order to respond to the surge in COVID-19 patients. The Monitor obtained a copy of the letter that five medical institutions — Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, South Texas Health System, Mission Regional Medical Center, Rio Grande Regional Hospital and Knapp Medical Center — sent to Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez and the four county commissioners on Thursday.  “From the outset of the pandemic, our health systems have acted early and undertaken a wide variety of measures to prepare for and respond to the public health emergency, including but not limited to, retrofitting facilities, revamping standard operating procedures, innovating new ways to deliver safe and efficient healthcare, and expending significant resources in adding capacity to be able to provide care for COVID-19 patients,” the letter stated.  Read the full story at themonitor.com

Local hospitals have surpassed, or are close to surpassing their original capacity as COVID-19 hospitalizations have exponentially increased in recent weeks. Dr. Ivan Melendez, the Hidalgo County health authority, said Wednesday that all their major hospitals — including Knapp Medical Center, Mission Regional Medical Center, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Edinburg Regional Medical Center, and McAllen Medical Center, had either over extended their current bed capacity or were on the verge of doing so. Read the full story at themonitor.com

By Victoria Brito Morales, UTRGV Staff The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education has received an $11 million grant...

By Victoria Brito Morales, UTRGV Staff The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education has received an $11 million grant...

Jaime Peralez Jr. of Weslaco turned 47 on March 14. Five days later he was admitted to Knapp Medical Center with a fever and body aches; he would spend over a month there fighting COVID-19 before being released Monday. Much of the time Peralez spent in the hospital is a haze of foggy memories blurred by sedatives; occasionally he would become lucid enough to feel like he was suffocating. He remembers waking up, banging on his bed in a desperate plea for help, unable to cry out because of the tube snaked down his throat. Read the full story at themonitor.com.