Pearsall, Texas

New Hospital
Frio Regional Hospital, a replacement hospital, was opened September 6, 2000. The 42,000 square foot building replaced an obsolete 15,000 square foot building. Frio Regional Hospital has 22 private patient rooms and basic primary care services, including emergency room, obstetrical, general surgery, clinical laboratory and radiology.

The service area for Frio Regional Hospital is 25,000-30,000 population, mostly located 30 miles north and south on IH-35. These communities generally are Devine, Pearsall, Dilley and Cotulla and individuals that live in Frio, La Salle and Medina Counties.

Pearsall is 60 miles southwest of San Antonio, Texas on IH35 South. Take exit 101 for the hospital.

Emergency Room
Emergency room physicians are on duty 24 hours a day and are provided by an independent contractor. The facility is certified as a Level IV trauma center. Serious trauma is stabilized and transferred, usually by helicopter, to one of three Level I trauma centers in San Antonio.

Frio Hospital Home Health
The hospital owns and operates a Department of Home Health, which provides nursing services and physical therapy services in the home to those that qualify under Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Private patients and patients covered by insurance may also access these services. That department is located next to the hospital in a separate building at (830) 334-2058.

Frio Rehabilitation Center
The hospital also owns and operates by contract an outpatient rehabilitation center that provides physical, occupational and speech therapy. They may be reached at (830) 334-4152. Staffing and management is provided by Warm Springs Rehabilitation System.

Charity Care Program
An indigent caseworker is employed jointly by three entities that conduct charity care programs. The Frio Hospital District, the Frio Hospital Association and the Frio County Indigent Care Program can all be accessed through the hospital's caseworker, whose office is near the lobby. In addition, a state employee of the Department of Health and Human Services is based at the hospital to provide easy access to patients applying for the Medicaid program.

Frio Business Park
When land was purchased for the new hospital, a total of 112 acres was purchased located on IH-35 near the intersection of FM140. A grant was obtained from the Economic Development Administration, which allowed the hospital to develop the property into a business park with full infrastructure. It is the hospitals mission to use this facility to provide economic development opportunities for the Pearsall area. For information about the business park, contact Michael S. Thompson, CEO at (830) 334-3617.

Medical Staff 

Name	Specialty	Phone
Mauricio Escobar, MD	Family Practice	(830) 334-4016
Oscar Garza, MD	Family Practice & OB/GYN	(830) 334-4142
Arthur Gore, MD	OB/GYN	(830) 334-4142
Richard Hood, MD	Family Practice	(830) 334-8703
Muhammad Khan, MD	Family Practice	(830) 334-4138
Daniel Schmidt, DO	Family Practice	(830) 334-3351
Jose Sosa, MD	Family Practice	(830) 334-5856
Edmund Harris, MD	Radiology	(830) 334-3617

Visiting Specialists
Once a month a directory of visiting specialty physicians is published in the local Pearsall newspaper, the Frio-Nueces Current. Currently, specialist physicians include cardiologist, neurologist, orthopedic surgeon, podiatrist, ENT, family therapist, OB/GYN, ophthalmology, psychiatry and urology. 
 

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