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KEEPING WELL is published as a
community service for the friends
and patrons of METHODIST
HEALTHCARE, 8109 Fredericksburg
Road, San Antonio, TX 78229,
telephone
210-575-0355
,
website
www.SAHealth.com.
Jaime Wesolowski
President and CEO
Palmira Arellano
Vice President of Marketing
and Public Relations
Carla Sierra
Director of
Public Relations
Information in KEEPING WELL
comes from a wide range of
medical experts. If you have any
concerns or questions about
speci c content that may affect
your health, please contact your
health care provider.
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and illustrations.
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METHODIST
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
8109 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78229
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San Antonio, TX
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SUMMER
2015
M e t h o d i s t H e a l t h c a r e
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Do you worry about how you will get to your next doctor’s appoint-
ment? Do you use a wheelchair and need a little extra assistance
getting to the hospital for outpatient testing? Do you have a child with
special needs but lack a vehicle that can accommodate your child’s
medical transportation needs? Methodist
Healthcare has the answer to these
questions.
Hop on board HealthBus for adults
or Well Waldo’s Wheels for children and
expectant moms. In 2014, nearly 12,000
San Antonians and Bexar County residents
turned to Methodist Healthcare’s free bus
service to get them on the road to recovery
or to receive the medical care they needed.
The bus will pick you up at your home,
drop you off close to the entrance of your
doctor’s office or the hospital, and later
pick you up and take you home. HealthBus
serves people living in certain ZIP code
areas who need help getting to appoint-
ments at Northeast Methodist Hospital
andMetropolitanMethodist Hospital, both
campuses of Methodist Hospital.
For Northeast Methodist Hospital,
residents living in the following ZIP code
areas can receive this free service:
78148 78233 78217 78247 78239
and parts of:
78109 78218 78154 78244
For Metropolitan Methodist Hospital,
FREE
TRANSPORTATION OFFERED
To schedule a ride on HealthBus or Well
Waldo’s Wheels, call 210-647-7433.
residents of the following ZIP codes are
served:
78202 78203 78204 78205 78206
78207 78208 78210 78212 78215
78225 78226 78234 78237
Some areas of these ZIP codes are also
covered:
78201 78209 78211
78213 78214
78216 78219 78220 78221 78222
78223
To schedule a ride on HealthBus, call
210-MHS-RIDE
(
210-647-7433
) from8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at least
48 hours in advance of your appointment
or scheduled admission to the hospital.
For children and expectant moms, Well
Waldo’s Wheels provides free transporta-
tion to doctors’ offices in these ZIP code
areas or to doctors’ offices in the South
Texas Medical Center. Expectant moms
who are preregistered to deliver their
baby at Methodist Hospital; Metropolitan
Methodist Hospital, a campus of Methodist
Hospital; or Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
and live in these ZIP codes can arrange for
a ride to their prenatal doctors’ appoint-
ments as well:
78202 78203 78204 78205 78206
78207 78208 78210 78212 78215
78225 78226 78237
and parts of:
78201 78211
78214 78219 78220
78221 78223 78224 78228 78241
Please call at least 48 hours in ad-
vance.
Representatives answer the phone
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The buses fill
up quickly, so call as soon as you know
when you will need a ride. HealthBus and
Well Waldo’s Wheels are not ambulances
and should not be called in an emergency
situation. The buses do not have the equip-
ment or personnel needed for emergency
transportation.
Please be ready 30 minutes before
your scheduled pick-up time.
The bus will
park as close as possible to your front door.
Every rider must wear a seat belt or ride
in a provided child safety seat. Children
must be with a parent or guardian. When
you are finished with your appointment,
you or someone from your doctor’s office
can call
210-MHS-RIDE
(
210-647-7433
)
to let us know you are ready to be picked
up and taken home.
HEALTHBUS AND
WELL WALDO’S WHEELS