Tag: South Texas Health System

Legislation aimed at expanding capacity for mental health services statewide signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this month allocates $205 million to construct two new medical facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.

Ever been concerned for someone's welfare due to mental health concerns but just don't know what you can do to help, or even how to identify cause for concern? Experts at South Texas Health System have provided Rio Grande Valley residents with resources to aid during times of struggle.

South Texas Health System in Edinburg said Wednesday that patients’ health information may have been accessed due to a phishing attack.

It's no secret that there is often more work than hands at healthcare facilities across the nation, which the COVID-19 pandemic helped to further exploit in 2020, but nowhere was this more apparent at the time than in the nursing field.

McALLEN — We all have that power to change somebody’s life.

EDINBURG — “She is our hero.”

Rachel Rodriguez was diabetic and dependent on insulin, and Nicanor Barrera had trouble breathing and often hurt all over his body. Both of their stories derived from struggles with their health and weight, but that was then, and this — their new lease on life thanks to undergoing bariatric surgery — is now.

The board for one of the country’s largest hospital associations will continue to include leaders from the Rio Grande Valley.

The latest installment of the South Texas Health System’s “Let’s Talk Mental Health” series will raise awareness about self-harm and other dangerous coping mechanisms and offer healthy ways to address those behaviors

The new year is bringing a life-saving program to the Rio Grande Valley for the first time. Two of the largest healthcare systems in the...