Editing Harlingen, Texas (section)

==Healthcare==
Harlingen Medical Center (HMC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harlingenmedicalcenter.com|title=Harlingen Medical Center – Home Page Harlingen, TX|website=Harlingenmedicalcenter.com}}</ref> is a nationally recognized general acute-care hospital. HMC medical services include: bariatric, cardiac surgery, cardiology, emergency, gastroenterology, imaging services, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, sleep apnea treatment, vascular and endovascular surgery, and wound-healing care. The facility opened in October 2002 and has 112 beds.

Valley Baptist Medical Center<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.valleybaptist.net|title=Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen & Brownsville|website=Valleybaptist.net}}</ref> (VBMC), with 586 beds, is the Rio Grande Valley's only Level II Trauma Center. With a 38-room emergency department and a heliport, Valley Baptist serves as the lead trauma center in the region, and is the only hospital in the area offering comprehensive stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.valleybaptist.net/services/medicalHarlingen/stroke/default.htm |title=Valley Baptist : Stroke Unit |access-date=April 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120164756/http://www.valleybaptist.net/services/medicalHarlingen/stroke/default.htm |archive-date=November 20, 2008 }}</ref> Valley Baptist has the only newborn intensive-care unit in Harlingen, the only pediatric intensive-care unit in Cameron County, private labor/delivery/recovery suites, a family-centered maternity-care unit, women's surgery suites, day surgery, and outpatient services. In addition, Valley Baptist has a diabetes-education program, and a wound-care center and foot-care institute, and a surgical and medical weight-loss program.<ref name=":0" />

Solara Specialty Hospital Harlingen is a long-term acute-care facility where patients can receive treatment for as long as a month, compared to general hospitals where patients are treated for shorter periods. The 41–bed hospital is owned by Solara Healthcare of Dallas, Valley Baptist Health System, and local physicians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solara Specialty Hospitals Harlingen {{!}} LTACH|url=https://www.chghospitals.com/location/solara-specialty-hospitals-harlingen/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Chghospitals.com|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123081219/https://www.chghospitals.com/location/solara-specialty-hospitals-harlingen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Regional Academic Health Center is a teaching hospital that serves as an extension campus of the [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UTRGV – School of Medicine|url=http://rahc.uthscsa.edu/|website=rahc.uthscsa.edu}}</ref>

Su Clinica Familiar offers services tailored to the border region, concentrating in the areas of dentistry, internal medicine, women's health, and pediatrics. Services are mostly tailored for the poor. It has a teaching partnership with the nearby Regional Academic Health Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Su Clinica|url=http://www.suclinica.org/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713110215/http://www.suclinica.org/index.php|archive-date=July 13, 2014|website=Suclinica.org}}</ref>

The Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic and VA Health Care Center are two Veteran Administration (VA) facilities in Harlingen. Both of these facilities fall under the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Find VA Locations|url=https://www.va.gov/find-locations|access-date=2021-02-12|website=VA.gov|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=System (VCB)|first=VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care|title=Harlingen VA Clinic-Treasure Hills - VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB)|url=https://www.texasvalley.va.gov/locations/Harlingen_OPC.asp|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Texasvalley.va.gov|language=en}}</ref>

The [[Harlingen Ambulatory Surgery and Specialty Outpatient Center]] opened in January 2011 and provides care to veterans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harlingenedc.com/FeaturedProjects?show=ambulatory_center.jpg |title=Featured Projects |access-date=October 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008182332/http://www.harlingenedc.com/FeaturedProjects?show=ambulatory_center.jpg |archive-date=October 8, 2011 }}</ref> Orthopedics, urology, gastroenterology, otolaryngology, infectious disease, dermatology, cardiology, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, amputee/prosthetics, and endoscopy services are offered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valleycentral.com/news/local/new-veterans-health-care-facility-will-open-in-harlingen|title=New Veteran's Health Care Facility will open in Harlingen|first=Melissa|last=Vega|date=October 1, 2010|website=Valleycentral.com|access-date=September 3, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904014839/http://valleycentral.com/news/local/new-veterans-health-care-facility-will-open-in-harlingen|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Rio Grande State Center offers outpatient medical healthcare and in-patient mental health services. The center's psychiatric hospital is a 55-bed, in-patient facility and the long-term program is a 75-bed, residential facility. The outpatient medical clinic provides out-patient services which including primary care, women's health, diagnostic services, psychiatric consults and prescription assistance.<ref name="HHS">{{cite web|title=Rio Grande State Center &#124; Texas Health and Human Services|url=https://hhs.texas.gov/services/mental-health-substance-use/state-hospitals/rio-grande-state-center|access-date=May 7, 2019|website=hhs.texas.gov|publisher=Texas Health and Human Services}}</ref>

A [[Ronald McDonald House]] opened in 1998. It offers a place to stay for families of children being treated for serious illness or injury. It is funded by private donations, grants, and fundraising events.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ronald McDonald House Charities of The Rio Grande Valley - Ronald McDonald House Charities of The Rio Grande Valley|url=https://www.rmhcrgv.org/|access-date=2021-02-12|language=en-US|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512214110/http://www.rmhcrgv.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Palms Behavioral Health, a 94-bed mental and behavioral health facility which opened in Harlingen in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Homepage|url=https://www.palmsbh.com/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=SBH Palms|language=en}}</ref>