CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For those in more rural parts of the Coastal Bend, it may be a little more difficult to get all their health-care needs and services in a way that's convenient.
"I hear all the time, people say, 'I wish we had more accessible health care,' " said Aransas County Judge Ray Garza.
In more rural parts of Aransas County, Garza said some have even decided to uproot themselves because of the inconvenience.
"I know a family that just moved to Dallas, and I asked them, 'Well, why did you move away?' They were really embedded in the community. Well, closer access to health care," he said.
Amistad Health CEO Eric Baggerman said he's noticed some areas that could benefit from their help, such as, "Ingleside, Rockport, that area. Gregory, heading out toward Taft."
Baggerman said the statistics speak for themselves.
"One doctor per 1,200 people in Corpus Christi, and out in the Aransas, Ingleside, and Rockport area, there is one doctor for every 3,600 people in the population," he said.
Amistad Health opened a clinic in Aransas Pass in 2021. Baggerman said that since then, they've been able to offer behavioral health, pediatrics, and adult primary care, but can do more.
"Both in volume, and with other people in the community, because that area is a higher need than Corpus Christi," he said.
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