Driven by its mission to heal even the most critically ill patients across the Rio Grande Valley, DHR Health recently provided extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to its 100th patient since the program’s inception in 2023. ECMO is medicine’s most sophisticated life support system that can save lives even when a ventilator and strong medications cannot.

Mega Doctor News South Texas Health System McAllen’s story began in 1919, when it first started providing care to the people of the Rio Grande Valley as McAllen Municipal Hospital. The facility has a rich history of growth and development, starting as McAllen Municipal Hospital, McAllen General Hospital and McAllen Methodist Hospital.  Serving the community, then and now In 1985, STHS McAllen (then known as McAllen Medical Center) opened a brand-new six-story building – which has grown to eight stories – to better serve the community. Our facility is not the only aspect of STHS McAllen that’s evolved. Over the years, we’ve reached several milestones and expanded our programs to provide advanced healthcare for the Rio Grande Valley. We’re...