“The hospital is working closely with the City of Uvalde to help ensure the trails and fields provide as much community benefit as possible,” Verdusco said.
by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
The Uvalde County Hospital Authority Board (UCHA) met on Tuesday, June 25th of last week and part of their discussion was preliminary plans for constructing a new 3-story medical office building that will house specialized medical practices including orthopedic and sports medicine, general surgery, cardiology, and urology internal medicine, primary care and obstetrics and lease suites for visiting specialists, and offices for clinic administrative personnel. The project involves both new construction and remodeling of the existing medical office building.
Craig Flanagan and Scott Walker are the Owner’s Representatives with Realty Trust Group (RTG) along with Chad Cooley, the Project Manager with O’Connell Robertson (OCR), the architect firm contracted by UMH attended last Tuesday’s board meeting.
According to information provided by Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, Annabell Verdusco, the existing Medical Office Building or MOB currently houses orthopaedics, general surgery, internal medicine and family medicine providers.
“These providers will be moved into the new MOB upon completion, prior to remodeling taking place. This building will then be renovated for the Rehabilitation department (including physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy), which has outgrown its current space in the hospital,” Verdusco said.
Along with the planned new construction project which is projected to begin in 2025, the UCHA discussed adding a nature trail along with a paved wheelchair accessible path in a natural area east of the Hospital. In addition to the trails, the board discussed constructing four baseball/softball practice fields and two soccer/football practice field.
“The exact placement of the practice fields and trails is still being determined. The hospital is working closely with the City of Uvalde to help ensure the trails and fields provide as much community benefit as possible,” Verdusco said.
“The trails are still being planned out. UMH plans to host a community event to present the upcoming projects once more details are determined,”Verdusco said.
