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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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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:
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5 p.m.–8 a.m. Monday–Friday
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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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