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By Mike Carter
Mayor, Laguna Vista
The truth matters.
Laguna Vista residents deserve the truth, and I’ve had enough of the misinformation and false allegations surrounding the UTRGV clinic. What follows is not opinion, it’s a factual account backed by documentation and firsthand involvement.
I met with UTRGV officials and community members in an open forum on October 10, 2023 to discuss the situation, address concerns, and answer questions about the future of healthcare in Laguna Vista.
I did not avoid the issue, I engaged it directly with both leadership and residents. A news article from the Port Isabel Press documents this meeting. (Link: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2023/10/12/laguna-vista-utrgv-clinic-closing/
Along with Laguna Vista resident Ralston Creswell, I personally met with UTRGV officials and was told directly that the clinic was operating at a significant financial loss and that patient volume was too low to sustain operations.
Additionally, local funding support had been exhausted, which meant taxpayers could have been responsible for $250,000 or more annually to keep the clinic open.
This was not a sudden decision, and it was not caused by any one person.
It is also important to clarify that I was not the mayor at the time Rendie Gonzalez was hired, and I voted against her employment as city manager for Laguna Vista.
There is also a letter (left, click to enlarge) dated October 6, 2023, addressed to Donald Haydon from UTRGV’s School of Medicine. It confirms the same facts:
*The clinic was operating at a significant financial loss.
*Patient volume was too low to sustain operations.
*Local funding support was exhausted.
*These issues were discussed publicly long before closure.
*The clinic was operating at a significant financial loss.
*Patient volume was too low to sustain operations.
*Local funding support was exhausted.
*These issues were discussed publicly long before closure.
Despite having access to this information that came directly from UTRGV’s Dean of Medicine Dr. Michael Hocker, Donald Haydon continues to push a one sided narrative that disregards documented facts and has misled the public since October 2023.
will continue to address any false accusations regarding the clinic situation moving forward. I am proud of the work I have done to provide this community with the healthcare options they deserve.
That kind of rhetoric does not inform the public, it divides the community.
That kind of rhetoric does not inform the public, it divides the community.
Laguna Vista deserves honest conversations grounded in facts, not selective narratives designed to mislead residents or rewrite history.
At the end of the day, this election is about trust.
Vote for leadership that tells you the whole truth.
Vote for leadership you can trust.
Vote for Mike Carter.
Early Voting April 20-28
Election Day May 2
1 comment:
With the percentage of old people in the SPI/ PI/ Laguna area, a hospital would make sense
Whats the survival rate of heart attacks and anyerisms in that area per se co.oared to mcallen harlingen and brownsville?
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