The hospital’s closure will mark a significant blow to health care access in the South Side, said Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia (D4), whose district includes the hospital.
Steward Health Care cited long-term financial challenges, the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of support from Bexar County and its University Health System for the closing of Texas Vista Medical Center.After nearly 40 years of operation on San Antonio’s South Side, Texas Vista Medical Center will close on May 1 unless it works out a deal with Bexar County, hospital officials confirmed Wednesday.
She also expressed concern about the loss of more than 800 jobs and the economic impact of the closure. When Steward renamed the hospital in 2021, it launched an effort to provide preventive health screenings and promote healthy lifestyles in the historically underserved South Side, where residents experience higher rates of diabetes and obesity and have a much “I have reached out to University Health leadership and other community health partners to assist in coordinating the redirection of more than 175 patients who will be directly affected by the closure, as well as the 842 employees who work...
The company said the 327-bed hospital “was choked out by the well-heeled ‘public’ hospital competitor across town,” referring to University Health, which is owned by the county. Steward said it sent a proposal for the county to take control of the hospital, but it was not accepted.
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