Posted by Solstice on December 16, 2010, at 22:40:03
In reply to Re: HOUSTON: New Doctors; Lots Of Old Maintenance Meds, posted by highhatsize on December 16, 2010, at 19:50:08
Hi Highhatsize -Don't know where in Houston you live - but there's also UTMB in Galveston (University of Texas Medical Branch).
They have a sizeable Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Department - and many of their specialty clinics moved onto the 'mainland' after Ike.
You deserve the best care you can find - and it seems smart to put it all in one place if you can.
Solstice
> Dear Solstice & Phillipa,
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> Now that I have had time to ruminate on the possibility, going to the U of T Medical Center at Houston for all my medical needs wouldn't be such a bad idea. When I was younger, I lived in the Hamptons on Long Island. One would think that the hospitals there would be first rate because of the high household income of the residents. What I discovered, due to being the caregiver for my elderly parents, was that the local hospitals were actually crap and the local doctors were 2nd rate (with exceptions). One had to travel about forty miles west to the U of NY at Stony Brook to get 1st rate care. None of the wealthy on the East End used the local hospitals except for emergency care, they all went to NYC.
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> I assume the same is true of the community in which I now reside. One gets the best care at a teaching hospital.
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