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SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Matthew C. Morrey, MD, MS, FAAOS, is being recognized by Continental Who s Who as a Top Orthopedic Surgeon in the field in acknowledgment for his role as an Orthopedic Surgeon with Ortho San Antonio, partnered with the Christus Santa Rosa Health System.
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Board Certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Morrey has led an impressive career, garnering 11 years of expert knowledge and valuable professional experience in his field. He specializes in hip and knee reconstruction and replacement. Currently, he has devoted the past five years as an orthopedic surgeon with Ortho San Antonio, a partner of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Healthcare System, where he performs outpatient total hip and total knee arthroplasty, as well as complex reconstructions and revision surgery. He enjoys spending time with his patients and is committed to matching the treatment and procedure to each patient s specif
Editorial: Expand health care to keep ER for true emergencies
Express-News Editorial Board
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Emergency room care is not cheap.
ERs provide some of the most expensive medical care available in our community, and rightly so. Having the best facilities, equipment and medical staff available to treat heart attacks, strokes and serious injuries can be a matter of life or death.
Yet for generations, many people without insurance, who forgo preventive care and allow minor medical issues to become serious health concerns, have used the emergency room for routine medical care. Broke and with no place else to go, they view it as their only option.
San Antonio s Baptist health care workers get their first dose of coronavirus vaccine
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Dr. Prima Poudel gives a thumbs up after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Ruben Saenz, RN and trauma program manager, at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio on Dec. 17, 2020.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Lupita Hernandez, director of cardiovascular services, laughs as she waits to be the second person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio on Dec. 17, 2020.Lisa Krantz, Staff / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Denise Covell, RN and infection preventionist, carries the first syringes holding the COVID-19 vaccine for a blessing and prayer with chaplain Margaret Kirby, left, at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio on Dec. 17, 2020.Lisa Krantz /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
Public hospital board approves boost in funds to Bexar County safety net program
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San Antonio Fire Department personnel respond to a call about a sick person at Haven for Hope shelter for the homeless in April just as the coronavirus was starting to spread in the community. The homeless and mentally ill account for a large part of emergency health care costs that could be reduced with better preventive and early diversion programs.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News
University Health officials have approved spending an extra $300,000 annually to help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and provide better access to health care for people who are homeless or mentally ill.