SPID Pediatric Center offers walk-ins, immunizations, testing, and care for underserved communities in South Texas.<\/p>\n
TAFT, Texas \u2014 A new pediatric care center has opened in Taft, providing local families with easier access to quality healthcare.<\/p>\n
Catherine Morales, a pediatric nurse practitioner at SPID Pediatric Center, said the clinic reduces travel time for families.<\/p>\n
“We offer immunizations, walk-ins, sick visits, well visits, newborn screenings, and testing,” Morales said. “Families don’t have to make long drives for care.”<\/p>\n
Teresa Powell, the practice administrator, said the center has been part of the community’s healthcare network since 1978, with the Taft location marking its seventh site.<\/p>\n
“It allows us to see local communities who might not have transportation to bigger cities,” Powell said. “We welcome walk-ins if your child is sick.”<\/p>\n
The clinic aims to improve holistic care and outcomes, particularly for underserved populations. The center is taking new patients from ages 0-21 and it’s located at 1210 Gregory Street Suite 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morales added,”It’s very important because it removes barriers of location and improves overall care for children.”<\/p>\n
South Padre Island Pediatrics is affiliated with Driscoll Children’s Hospital and accepts a variety of insurance plans. The Taft\u00a0center\u00a0is open Monday through Friday, with extended hours at some locations, and select offices open on Saturdays.<\/p>\n
“We have several providers who have been with the organization for many years,” Powell said. “We’re happy to serve and support the community.”<\/p>\n
To make an appointment, call (361) 528-2595.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPID Pediatric Center offers walk-ins, immunizations, testing, and care for underserved communities in South Texas. TAFT, Texas \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-169947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}