Tag: South Texas Health System

If there's a childbirth trend that sets the Rio Grande Valley apart from the rest of the country, it's that diabetes is prevalent here and can complicate pregnancies. And while you may hear about diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity often, medical experts at local healthcare institutions believe one can never be too informed.

It's getting worse.

The U.S. News & World Report recently named South Texas Health System among the best regional hospitals in Texas for the second year in a row, STHS said in a news release Tuesday.

Lauro Hinojosa learned to have a good bedside manner and how to care for someone in need early on in his life thanks to his aunt and his sister.

With temperatures reaching an all-time high, at least three hospital systems in the Rio Grande Valley have reported a rise in the number of emergency room visits related to heat illness, and meteorologists continue to warn that it’s not getting much cooler anytime soon.

One day in 2019, as Kimberly Davis and her husband drove by South Texas Health System Children’s in Edinburg, he said casually but with confidence, “There’s your future job right there.”

Two of six graduates from South Texas Health System's residency program represent some semblance of hope for addressing a lack of medical professionals in the Rio Grande Valley as healthcare providers continue to grapple with a doctor and nursing shortage that's impacting the entire nation.

At least one hospital system in the Rio Grande Valley is observing an increase in emergency room visits and is expanding its resources to meet the need.

Rosalinda Jimenez was inspired to pursue a career that deals with mental health because of her father, who no one knew “was depressed until he mentioned it,” she said. Recollections of how her father, Isabel Jimenez, a World War II veteran, would “suffer in silence” and only spoke of his experience late in his life helped her realize the toll that war took on his mental health, and that there are many like him who still struggle.

EDINBURG — A new $6 million investment at South Texas Health System Edinburg is aiming to prevent lower limb amputations among residents with cardiac or diabetic conditions, an all-too familiar occurrence in the Rio Grande Valley.