SAHealth.com 7 KEEPINGWELL — SPRING 2023 Healing interactive art experiences coming toMethodist Hospital | Northeast The patients, employees and visitors at Methodist Hospital | Northeast will soon be able to participate in interactive art experiences five days a week, through the support of Hearts Need Art, a San Antonio nonprofit organization. The mission of Hearts Need Art is to create moments of joy, self-expression and connection for those facing life-altering health challenges through arts engagement, advocacy and innovation. In fall 2022, Hearts Need Art was named the 2022 High Impact Grant Recipient for the “Arts and Culture” award presented by Impact San Antonio. As one of the largest collective-giving, grant-making organizations in the nation, Impact San Antonio empowers women to join together to achieve meaningful change. The grant will provide $100,000 in funding for “Artful Recovery for Healthcare” five days a week for 45 weeks to the patients, employees and visitors at Methodist Hospital | Northeast. During the interactive art experiences, patients, employees and visitors can participate in a variety of healing opportunities. The incredibly talented staff members at Hearts Need Art are able to host group or bedside art sessions, corridor concerts, holiday crafts, writing of poems, letters or haikus, and other unique healing engagements to help individuals feel seen, heard and loved while facing life-altering health challenges. Upon conclusion of the “Artful Recovery for Healthcare” grant, the data collected will be used to further advocate for increasing the need for arts within the healthcare industry. Methodist ER | CityBase opens in South SanAntonio Methodist Healthcare recently opened its newest free-standing emergency room in the Brooks City Base community. Located in the Brooks City Base Landing Shopping Center, Methodist ER | City Base is an extension of Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan. The facility provides exceptional care 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the citizens of the Brooks City Base and South San Antonio communities. “Families on the south side deserve quality healthcare... It means so much to this district, which has traditionally been underserved, but we are growing, and people are noticing,” said District 3 Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran. This facility brings the health system’s total number of FSERs to 10. Methodist ER | City Base consists of board-certified ER and trauma physicians, registered nurses, and other medical staff who provide quality, compassionate care to families throughout the Brooks City Base community and surrounding areas. “We are excited to have this new presence in the Brooks City Base community,” said Greg Seiler, Chief Executive Officer of Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan. “We have always served this community from our hospital’s campus and can now provide excellent emergency care much closer to home.” Hannah Ware, Imaging Services Department, guides Jordyn Ruiz in an art session.
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