San Antonio Military Health System Will Take More Trauma Patients To Reduce Civilian Hospital Load
The City of San Antonio announced on Friday that the Alamodome will serve as a free COVID-19 vaccination site starting Monday, Jan.11.
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Colonel Patrick Osborn of the San Antonio Military Health System said they are taking more trauma patients within Bexar County to reduce the load on civilian hospitals as they handle coronavirus patients.
He says their efforts are also taking some of the burden off outlying rural hospitals.
“The inner facility transfers from outlying hospitals in smaller communities that don’t have the resources, don’t have the personnel, expertise or equipment that a Level One Trauma Center has — those are the patients and those are the facilities that we are directly supporting,” Osborn said.
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