Javier Cortilo, 59, who is unhoused, uninsured and has had five heart attacks, said free health clinics like the ones offered monthly by the San Antonio-based nonprofit Health Collaborative can be “lifesaving.”
“A heart attack doesn’t forgive,” he said in Spanish. “But with this help they’re giving here, I know I have a place to come to.”
The West and South sides of Bexar County are among the areas of the region facing healthcare provider shortages; residents often “would need to arrange transportation to get to another part of the County to see their doctors and specialists, or they would miss out on healthcare altogether,” according to the 2025 Bexar County Community Health Needs Assessment Report…