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Information in KEEPING WELL

comes from a wide range of

medical experts. If you have any

concerns or questions about

specific content that may affect

your health, please contact your

health care provider.

Models may be used in photos

and illustrations.

2016 © Coffey Communications, Inc.

All rights reserved.

WINTER

2016

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

METHODIST

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

8109 Fredericksburg Road

San Antonio, TX 78229

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U.S. Postage

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M e t h o d i s t H e a l t h c a r e

K E E P I N G

W E L L

When your child has a medical need—you need im-

mediate help.

In addition to your child’s doctor, there is another

resource for quick answers: Call-A-Nurse for Children

from the Methodist Children’s Hospital, a campus

of Methodist Hospital. Specially-trained pediatric

nurses will assist you with medical advice concern-

ing your child.

Call

210-22-Nurse (210-226-8773)

for Call-A-Nurse

for Children:

5 p.m.–8 a.m. Monday–Friday

Around the clock on weekends and major holidays:

New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,

Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Ask for a free refrigerator magnet so you’ll

always have the number handy!

Do you worry about how you will get to your next doctor’s appointment? 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

FREE

TRANSPORTATION OFFERED

To schedule a ride

on HealthBus or Well Waldo’s

Wheels, call 210-647-7433.

HEALTHBUS AND WELL WALDO’S WHEELS

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 resi-

dents 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 liv-

ing in certain ZIP code areas who need help getting

to appointments at Northeast Methodist Hospital and

Metropolitan Methodist 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, 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

) from 8 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 transportation 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; Metropoli-

tan 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’

appointments 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

REMEMBER:

IF YOU HAVE

AN EMERGENCY,

ALWAYS CALL

911!

Call-A-Nurse

from Methodist

Children’s

Hospital

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