Thursday marked the groundbreaking for Palo Alto University Health Hospital, a new university health hospital on the South Side.
The five-story facility is scheduled to open in 2027 next to Texas A&M San Antonio.
UC President CEO George Hernandez said the planned 166-bed facility, which can be expanded to 286 beds, is needed to meet the rapidly growing medical needs of South Bexar County. Ta.
The area includes the growing Texas A&M campus, commercial truck manufacturer Navistar, pickup truck manufacturer Toyota, and new subdivisions.
“This is going to be the future center of a different community, and we need to put stakes in the ground to help with that,” Hernandez said.
He and County No. 1 Commissioner Rebecca Clay Flores are building the facility to bridge the disparities in public hospital care between north and south Bexar counties that have become urgently apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. We promoted the construction of
“I hope the next generation can say today was the beginning of planting roots for a true Southside Medical Center,” Clay-Flores said.
Palo Alto University will also have a 24/7 emergency room and operating room, labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care, radiology, and laboratory services.
Clay-Flores said a hospital with an attached clinic building will make follow-up care more convenient for South Side residents. She said she hopes private hospital systems such as Methodist Hospital and Baptist Hospital will follow suit and increase their presence on the South Side.
A similar university hospital is planned near Retama Park in northeastern Bexar County as UH expands beyond its 10-year hospital home at Medical Center in northwest San Antonio.
