Palacios Community Medical Center
General Information
While we can trace our roots back to 1960, locally owned and operated Palacios Community Medical Center (PCMC) has been compassionately serving the community since 2001. PCMC’s commitment to providing high quality healthcare services to the community remains at the forefront of our mission. PCMC brings highly skilled medical professionals close to home, giving patients what they deserve: accessible, quality, and compassionate healthcare services through our family medicine clinic as well as our 17 bed acute-care hospital providing 24-hour emergency room service, laboratory and radiology services, physical therapy, and an in-house pharmacy, we are “Caring For Life.”
PCMC is part of Mid Coast Health System, with over a century of caring for the families in rural Texas.
Specialties and Programs:
- Age-Friendly Services
- Cardiology & Respiratory
- Diabetes Management Program
- Emergency Services
- Imaging Services
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Pharmacy
- Primary Care Clinic
- Senior Care
- Swing Bed
Inpatient Rehabilitation & Swing Bed
Palacios Community Medical Center offers multidisciplinary inpatient medical rehabilitation. The hospital’s inpatient center is designed to help patients reach optimal functionality following an injury or illness. Personal performance goals are incorporated into a customized rehabilitation treatment program.
As a patient of Palacios Community Medical Center, your treatment doesn’t have to stop with acute care. With our Medicare provider agreement, Seniors can transition from acute care to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) care without leaving the hospital. This allows patients to continue receiving services in the hospital even though acute care is no longer required. For example, in our swing-bed care, the following services remain available to the patient: physical therapy, occupational therapy, IV medication therapy, Monitoring of vital signs, and wound care.
Radiology Services
PCMC provides high-quality imaging services utilizing advanced technology and equipment. The skilled, affiliated imaging professionals at PCMC are committed to delivering efficient and accurate imaging results. PCMC offers CT Scan, Ultrasound, and X-ray technology.
Emergency Services
Whether it’s abdominal pain or a broken bone, every medical emergency deserves rapid response by skilled medical professionals. The 24-hour emergency room at PCMC is prepared to handle the major illnesses and injuries that require immediate attention. PCMC offers patients in Palacios and the surrounding areas:
– Treatment by experienced emergency medicine trained providers
– On-site state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and imaging capabilities
The ER at PCMC offers high quality, personalized care. Some of the conditions treated include:
- Abdominal pain/discomfort
- Back pain
- Back injuries
- Broken bones
- Burns
- Chest pain
- Dehydration
- Diabetic episodes
- Eye infections, injury and foreign body removal
- Fever
- Head injuries
- Infections
- Insect and animal bites
- Lacerations (simple or complex) that require stitches
- Rashes
- Seizures
- Severe allergic reactions
- Severe headaches
- Sore throat, flu, sinus infections
- Sprains, strains and dislocations
- Strokes
- Upper respiratory infections, pneumonia
- Vomiting, diarrhea or nausea
- Work-related injuries
Patient Portal
With MyCareCorner, you will have the tools to be more engaged in your health, anytime, anywhere. Patients must have an email address on file to access the Patient Portal. Please refer to Patient Resources above and select Patient Portal Instructions for more information.
Price Estimates and Financial Resources
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