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Harlingen Medical Center Orthopedic Surgeon to Speak About Advancements in Total Knee, Hip & Shoulder Replacement
If you, or someone you know, experience pain when you walk, cannot bend your knee or at the hip, experience knee, hip, or shoulder pain while you rest, you are not alone. More than half a million Americans are expected to undergo a...
Prime Healthcare Foundation Announces Closing of $160 Million Financing Transaction
(Ontario, CA) – Today, Prime Healthcare Foundation, Inc., a not for profit hospital system, announced that it has closed a $160 million senior secured credit facility (Facility) led by BBVA Compass (BBVA). The Facility, which may be...
Harlingen Medical Center Hosts Community Blood Drive to Save Lives
Employees at Harlingen Medical Center care for patients, and give the gift of life, at the hospital’s quarterly Community Blood Drives hosted in partnership with the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center. The award-winning and...
NATIONAL STUDY: Prime Healthcare California Hospitals Achieve 87 Five-Star and 14 Specialty Excellence Awards from Healthgrades
Prime Healthcare's 15 California hospitals have achieved a total of 87 5-star achievements and 14 Specialty Excellence Awards from Healthgrades, the leading online resource helping consumers make informed decisions about their...
Need to Lose Weight? Surgical Weight Loss May be the Answer
HARLINGEN – Living healthier. For many people, taking that path begins with losing weight. It may not be easy, but, it can be done. And, for a certain group of individuals, surgical weight loss can be a launching pad for a new and...
Heart Patients Living another Day, Thanks to Award-Winning Care at Harlingen Medical Center
Manuel Medrano of Laguna Vista recently suffered a heart attack – but thanks to award-winning care at Harlingen Medical Center, he is now back to fishing, enjoying life with his grandchildren, and back to work as a part-time college...
Harlingen Medical Center Marks 14th Anniversary of Caring for Community; Helping Patients to Walk Again
Do you know someone who has trouble walking, or going up steps, without pain? One Rio Grande Valley woman said all she wanted was for the pain in her knee to go away – so she could get back to a 'normal' life. "And, thank goodness,...
Harlingen Medical Center Marks 14th Anniversary of Caring for Community; Helping Patients to Walk Again
Do you know someone who has trouble walking, or going up steps, without pain? One Rio Grande Valley woman said all she wanted was for the pain in her knee to go away – so she could get back to a 'normal' life. "And, thank goodness,...
Dr. Prem Reddy Once Again Recognized Among the Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in the Nation
Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare, has once again been named to Modern Healthcare’s prestigious list of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” for 2016. This is the third time that Dr....
Dr. Prem Reddy Once Again Recognized Among the Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in the Nation
Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare, has once again been named to Modern Healthcare’s prestigious list of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” for 2016. This is the third time that Dr....
Digital Mammogram Screening Available for $99 During October at Harlingen Medical Center
Did you know that one in eight women born today may get breast cancer at some point during her lifetime? Did you know that breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women? It's true, on both accounts – but the good news...
Need to Lose Weight? Surgical Weight Loss May be the Answer
Living healthier. For many people, taking that path begins with losing weight. It may not be easy, but, it can be done. And, for a certain group of individuals, surgical weight loss can be a launching pad for a new and healthier you....