"...dedicated to meeting the health care needs of the communities we serve."
Uvalde Memorial Hospital offers the following services:
24-hour Emergency Services Hospice Pharmacy
Acute Care Hyperbaric Therapy Physical Therapy
Bereavement Counseling Intensive Care Unit Radiology
CT Scanning Laboratory Rural Health clinics (UMH & Sabinal)
Cardiac Cath Lab MRI/ MRA Imaging Social Services
Cardiac Monitoring Mammography Speech Therapy
Cardiopulmanary Care Nuclear Medicine/ Cardiac Imaging Sub-specialty Clinic
Echocardiography/ Stress Echo Nutrition Consultation Surgery
Education Obstetrics and Newborn Nursery Swing Bed Nursing
Home Health Occupational Therapy Ultrasound/ Vascular Imaging
Home Infusion Pastoral Services
Uvalde Memorial Hospital was founded as a Hospital Authority, in 1949. UMH is to date, a 62-bed acute care, not-for-profit Hospital. UMH is operated by the Uvalde County Hospital Authority which consists of a seven-member Board of Directors: three members appointed by Uvalde County commissioners' Court and four members appointed by the current Board. Uvalde designates 0.5% of its' county sales tax to health care. *UMH receives approximately $500,000 per year for charity care. UMH services a five county region with a population of approximately 45,000 people.
In 1995, Uvalde Memorial Hospital extended their services to include Hospital-based Home Health and Hospice, two rural Health Clinics, speech Pathology and Occupational Theropy, social Services, Cardiac Cath lab and Hyperbaric Therapy. In 1996, a
$4.2 million-31,000 square foot expansion project was completed and includes the Women's and Newborns' Center, Medical Records, Cardio-Respiratory, Rural Health Clinic, Emergency Department, Laboratory, Radiology, Outpatient Surgery Unit, Rehabilitation Center and Central Supply and Laundry. $1 million expansion currently is underway to create two new operating rooms and additional administrative offices.
