A new hospital is under construction on San Antonio's South Side. Officials from Bexar County and University Health attended the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday. The five-story hospital is being built next door to the Texas A&M-San Antonio campus. A University Health press release says the hospital's 166 inpatient beds can be expanded to 286. The new hospital will feature a 24/7 E-R, labor and delivery units, a neonatal ICU, operating rooms, radiology, and lab services.
George Hernández, Jr., president & CEO for University Health, compared the official beginning of construction to the planting of a seed that will grow with the support of area leaders and residents.
“My ask of you today, is that you commit to watering the seeds we plant. That you commit to further develop the foundations we lay,” said Hernández, who championed the need for this hospital and is retiring later this year.
“In the end, we will all leave a real legacy for this community, for San Antonio, for Bexar County and for Texas that will not only heal the sick and injured, or train the next generation of health care workers, but also improve the good health of the community,” he said.