Mario J. Garza

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  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito Market Report:... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/18/2005    Last Visited: 3/18/2005  

  However, many potential nurses from Mexico are hitting a snag -- not being able to pass the English as a Foreign Language test -- according to Mario Garza, spokesman for Mission Hospital.

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  Emergency Department Diversions - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/13/2001    Last Visited: 3/19/2001  

  When all hospitals are on diversion , which means at maximum capacity and advising ambulances to go elsewhere , ambulance drivers take their patients to the nearest hospital , said Mario Garza , public information officer for Mission Hospital.
  
  VALLEY HOSPITALS : Patient overload continues - 3/12/01.
  
  Officials hope UMC facility eases pressure.
  
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  When all hospitals are on diversion , which means at maximum capacity and advising ambulances to go elsewhere , ambulance drivers take their patients to the nearest hospital , said Mario Garza , public information officer for Mission Hospital.
  
  Emergency officials caught in middle of hospitals' rotation policy - 3/6/01.

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  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission: Public Facilities Market News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/9/2006    Last Visited: 5/9/2006  

  A $2 million, 12-bed neonatal intensive care unit is slated to open at the end of July at Mission Regional, said Chief Operating Officer Mario Garza.

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  The Brownsville Herald - Top Stories - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2002    Last Visited: 4/10/2002  

  For specialized trauma cases or other true emergencies, hospitals will be able to call in the specialists they need, said Mario Garza, marketing director of Mission Hospital.
  
  In true emergency cases, the hospitals' care level will be up to the challenge, Garza said.
  
  He added that Mission Hospital will be double-staffed in case there is a major rush, but also encouraged people to call their family doctors if they are in doubt about the seriousness of the illness.
  
  "We hope people just treat this from a medical standpoint as any other three-day weekend," Garza said."If it's an emergency, come on in.And if not, call your doctor and go in on Tuesday."
  
  Interestingly, Garza said, much of today's emergency room volume will depend on the weather, which he s been watching the past week.If it is too cold or too hot, depressed immune systems or dehydration will bring in larger numbers of patients.
  
  "Luckily, it looks like it's going to be a mild day," he said.
  
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  Unfortunately for those wanting to avoid those lines, Campos and Garza imagine that most of the dozens of area clinics will be closed today.

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  The Monitor - Local - Heat-related illnesses rising - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/19/2003    Last Visited: 8/19/2003  

  The hospital was completely full Wednesday because of "heat-related acute complications," said Mario Garza, chief executive officer of Mission Hospital."It's a very dangerous time for children and adults." McAllen Medical Center sees about 10-15 heat-related illnesses every month during the summer, said Fayez Nahhas, an ER physician at McAllen Medical Center.Heat-related illnesses do not usually subside until October, he said.

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  The Monitor - Local - Lack of instructors may be the... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/17/2003    Last Visited: 11/17/2003  

  It's a tricky balance for hospitals that want to help the schools, but have to have their nurses working in supervisory positions in the hospital, said Mario Garza, CEO of Mission Health Network, which pays some of its master's-level nurses to teach at South Texas Community College and UTPA."I wish we could do more, but we need the people, too."Garza said."We can't have those people here and then put them in academia all day long."Garza thinks a solution to the faculty shortage eventually will have to come in the form of a pilot project that involves a private company partnering with a local nursing school.If they pay their faculty well, they could attract teachers, meet demand for the hospitals and accept all the qualified candidates who applied."If the school of nursing was run like a business, they'd probably be graduating 200 to 300 people a year to meet the demand," Garza said.

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  The Monitor - McAllen, Texas - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/29/2005    Last Visited: 8/29/2005  

  Mission Hospital Chief Operations Officer Mario Garza did not return phone calls.

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  The Monitor - McAllen, Texas - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/20/2005    Last Visited: 11/20/2005  

  "This is the promised land," said Mario Garza, chief operations officer for Mission Regional Medical Center.
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  The difference charged by the hospital to the undocumented patient often goes uncollected, Garza said.
  
  "In the universe of Mexican nationals, 10 percent pay cash," he said.

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  The Monitor - McAllen, Texas - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/12/2004    Last Visited: 12/12/2004  

  Mission Hospital spokesman Mario J. Garza returned one call, and did not return subsequent calls requesting comments.

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  The Monitor - McAllen, Texas - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/5/2004    Last Visited: 12/5/2004  

  "I think if you look at the mix, thereâ€s more specialists than primary-care physicians," said Mission Hospital spokesman Mario J. Garza.
  
  He said the majority of the 310 physicians on staff are specialists who work at other hospitals and at clinics.

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