{"id":385938,"date":"2025-11-17T20:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385938\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:09:19","slug":"new-university-health-center-on-south-side-welcomes-first-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385938\/","title":{"rendered":"New University Health center on South Side welcomes first patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University Health Vida is the first building on the Palo Alto Hospital campus<\/p>\n<p>University Health Vida on the South Side. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/locations\/vida?utm_source=online_listing&amp;utm_medium=yext&amp;utm_campaign=UH_Digital&amp;utm_content=vida_website_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/locations\/vida?utm_source=online_listing&amp;utm_medium=yext&amp;utm_campaign=UH_Digital&amp;utm_content=vida_website_button\">University Health Vida<\/a>, a new health center on the South Side, welcomed its first patient on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Located at 3611 Jaguar Parkway, across the street from Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio, the center features an urgent care center, a radiology lab, a women\u2019s health center and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/services\/pharmacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/services\/pharmacy\">pharmacy<\/a> on-site is available to both patients and non-patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No\u00e9 Garza, the first patient served at the center, said that the proximity to South Side residents is \u201cgreat.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe facilities are, just looking around, they\u2019re number one,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The center broke ground in Dec. 2023 and was described by Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores as a \u201cstepping stone\u201d for University Health\u2019s larger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2024\/01\/18\/university-health-breaks-ground-on-palo-alto-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2024\/01\/18\/university-health-breaks-ground-on-palo-alto-hospital\/\">Palo Alto Hospital<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 68-acre, five-story complex is scheduled to open in its entirety by 2027. University Health Vida is the first center to be built on the project site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In May, University Health Vida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/news\/university-health-vida-holds-first-collaborative-to-improve-health-on-the-south-side\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealth.com\/news\/university-health-vida-holds-first-collaborative-to-improve-health-on-the-south-side\">held a public information session<\/a> to inform South Side residents about the center\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read more:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Azian Bermea headshot<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Ryan Cerna headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/RC51NVBPE2NVLO904BVAKWERWE\/\" title=\"View Ryan Cerna&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Cerna<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Ryan Cerna is a digital news trainee at KSAT. 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