Although San Antonio’s biggest health care system is in the midst of the largest expansion in its 30-year history, it’s still not enough — even its newest hospital already is operating at full capacity.
Methodist Healthcare is rapidly expanding to meet the increasing demand for patient care across South Texas. Since 2019, the health system has added five hospitals, six ambulatory service centers, eight freestanding emergency rooms, 15 urgent care centers and four imaging centers to its network. And it’s only getting bigger. Plans are already in place to build medical facilities on the South and West sides of San Antonio.
“A lot of our facilities were at capacity, so we’ve gone through this phase of network expansion, acquisition and building to meet the community where they’re growing,” Methodist President and CEO Dan Miller said. It’s also reinvesting in its existing assets to address “capacity restraints, whether that’s parking access or more inpatient beds.”…