Laredo Medical Center
1700 E. Saunders St.
Laredo, TX 78041

Human Resources Department:
956-796-3720

Hospital Information

• 326 licensed beds
• Physicians: Active: 154; Provisional Active: 25; Courtesy: 15
• 1,955 hospital employees
• Accreditation: Society of Chest Pain Centers

Specialties

Anesthesiology Cardiology Dentistry Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Practice Gastroenterology Gynecology Hematology Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery

Obstetrics Occupational Medicine Oncology Open Heart Surgery Ophthalmology Orthopedics Otolaryngology Podiatry Pathology Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Radiation Oncology Urology Wound Care

Services

• Cancer Center
• Cardiac (CCU, Cath Lab, Open Heart Surgery, Rehabilitation, Telemetry)
• Cardiopulmonary/Respiratory (Pulmonary Function Lab, EKG)
• Dialysis
• Emergency Department
• GI/Endoscopy Lab
• Home Health
• Hospice
• Intensive Care Unit
• Imaging (Bone Densitometry, CT Scanner, Lithotripsy, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Telemedicine/Teleradiology, Ultrasound)
• Labor & Delivery, Nursery (Neonatal Intensive Care)
• Laboratory
• Rehabilitation (OT, PT, Speech)
• Respiratory Care
• Sleep Center
• Special Services (EEG, EMG)
• Surgery (Inpatient/Outpatient, Infusion)
• Wound Care Center

Average annual rainfall . . .20.3"
Average snowfall . . . . . . . .0"
Average temperature in winter . 58°
Average temperature in summer .  100°

Community Facts

Population . . . . . . . . .215,000

Laredo is 150 miles from San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Monterrey, Mexico.

Laredo offers the following activities:

• Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
• Casa Blanca Lake & Golf Course
• Laredo Country Club
• Laredo Entertainment Center
• Championship Professional Hockey Team
• Championship Soccer Team
• Arena Football & Triple A Baseball Team
• Laredo Center of the Arts
• Children’s Museum
• Performing Arts Center
• 3 Movie Theatres
• Baseball & Softball Fields
• Tennis Courts
• Bowling Alley
• 2 Shopping Malls
• Downtown Historic District
• Washington Birthday Celebration

Points of Interest:

• Republic of the Rio Grande Museum
• Washington Birthday Celebration Museum

Market Data

Average household income . . . . . . . . . . . 45,652
Average cost of existing 3BR home: . . . . . $220,000
Average cost of 2BR apartment: . . . . . . . . . $850
Number of single-family homes . . . . . . . . .50,319
State Income Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

Education

Laredo has South Texas’ only magnet school program in arts and sciences. Laredo has two school districts: Laredo Independent School District and the United Independent School District.

High Schools . . . . . .7
Middle Schools . . . . 12
Elementary Schools . .46
Private Schools . . . . . 6
Day Care Centers . . .75+

• Laredo Community College
• Texas A&M International

 For more information on Laredo, log onto www.laredochamber.com.