By Neal Kelley, Ascension Seton Hays Chief Operating Officer
Throughout the month of October, Ascension Seton Hays is celebrating 10 years providing medical care locally. As the area grows, we have the opportunity – and the responsibility – to continue providing high quality care and identifying new ways to connect with the communities we serve.
As we reflect on the past 10 years, we celebrate successes and growth made possible through hard work and dedication from our providers, associates, volunteers, partners and communities. Some of these achievements include the ability to provide level II trauma care, inaugural open heart and brain surgeries performed in Hays County, opening a new healthcare facility in Buda and first-of-its-kind wellness and rehabilitation center offering innovative care close to home.
We are expanding existing services and building new clinical programs. In the past two years, Ascension Seton Hays has recruited four heart specialists to launch a comprehensive cardiology program.
Ascension Seton Hays is expanding its Women’s Services program, with a new maternity unit. The new space includes a 10,000 square foot expansion, increasing capacity by more than 50%. To complement the new facility, Ascension Seton Hays is also remodeling the existing maternity space to include two additional labor and delivery rooms.
Ascension Seton Hays recently developed a back-pain program boasting a multidisciplinary team of therapists, rehabilitation experts, neurologists and neurosurgeons. In addition, Ascension Seton Hays offers robotically-enabled minimally invasive surgery options for general surgery, gynecologic surgery and urology, providing patients the benefits of minimal recovery time and reduced pain. Plans include a robotic-based bariatric surgery program coming in 2020.
In June, Ascenson Seton expanded its services and opened an urgent and specialty care hub in Buda. The Ascension Seton Buda team works closely with the Ascension Seton Hays hospital team. Ascension Seton also provides 24/7 online virtual urgent care, enabling patients to video chat with an Ascension Seton provider. Ascension online care is available from any location for a variety of symptoms.
Ascension Seton is driven by its mission to care for all persons, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. In alignment with our mission, over the past two years Ascension Seton Hays has hosted a free medical clinic onsite twice, providing free medical, dental, vision and specialty care to more than 1,500 individuals.
Help us celebrate 10 years by attending our annual Community Health Fair on Oct. 26. The event offers fun for the whole family, and features health screenings, flu vaccines, medical demonstrations, wellness education and kid-themed activities. The health fair will be held at Seton Hays.
