Southwest General Hospital has provided high-quality healthcare for residents of southwest San Antonio for nearly 30 years and continues to be the only healthcare facility in this section of the city. Southwest General is a 327-bed facility staffed by experienced healthcare professionals. The hospital is committed to providing high-quality health services and an excellent patient experience. Southwest General has earned numerous distinctions for quality, including a HealthGrades 5-star rating for maternity care four years in a row.

Hospital Highlights:

• Emergency Medicine
  26-bed emergency department providing care for major emergencies and a fast-track clinic for minor cases
   
• Heart Care
  Southwest General Hospital opened a state-of-the-art catheterization laboratory in 2008. It also performed its first open heart surgery in 2008. 
   
• Cancer Care
  Offering radiation oncology and brachytherapy
   
• Women’s Health
  The BirthPlace has earned a 5-star rating for maternity care from HealthGrades for four straight years and includes labor and delivery, postpartum care and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit
   
• Diagnostic Imaging
  Advanced imaging technology includes CT Scan, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography and Ultrasound
   
• Rehabilitation Services
  Inpatient rehabilitation unit and outpatient services including physical, occupational and speech therapies
   
• Psychiatric Services
  Inpatient units for adult and geriatric patients and partial hospitalization services
   
• Bridges Center for Surgical Weight Loss
  Comprehensive surgical weight loss program offering LapBand, Gastric Bypass and the Stomaphx procedures
   
• Diabetes Care
  Comprehensive diabetes program with a certificate of distinction from Joint Commission for the management of inpatient diabetes care
   
• Wound Care
  Nationally accredited by the Underseas and Hyperbaric Medical Society with comprehensive wound care options and hyperbaric oxygen therapy