Sweeny Community Hospital

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Welcome to the Sweeny Hospital District Website! Since the time of its opening in 1965, Sweeny Community Hospital has continued to grow and expand its services offered to the West of the Brazos Community, while keeping true to the traditions that helped to found the hospital district. The Sweeny Hospital District has grown to approximately 150 employees at locations in Sweeny, Brazoria, and West Columbia. Sweeny Community Hospital is a 24-hour critical access hospital providing both inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. Licensed for 20 inpatient beds, Sweeny Community Hospital serves as a Level IV Trauma Center, hosts The Fountains Assisted Living Center, has a dedicated surgical suite, and over a dozen outpatient clinical services. Please browse through all the links on this website to learn more aboutthe Sweeny Hospital District.

Sweeny Community Hospital to Open New Wound Treatment and Hyperbaric Care Center

Sweeny Community Hospital in partnership with HyperbaRxs, LLC will open its new Wound Treatment and Hyperbaric Care Center on November 1.
The program specializes in the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds. The center also features state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), a treatment in which the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen inside a pressurized chamber.
“We are very excited to add this vital service to the continuum of care for the Hospital District,” said William H. Barnes Administrator/CEO of SCH. “Our entire wound care team is dedicated to healing problem wounds and helping our patients to reclaim their quality of life.” We have three exam rooms, two hyperbaric chambers, five employees and five certified wound treatment/HBOT physicians on our staff to see patients.
HBOT quickly delivers high concentrations of oxygen to the bloodstream and assists in the healing process of wounds. It is also effective in fighting certain types of infections, stimulates the growth of new blood vessels and improves circulation. HBOT is also used to treat crush injuries, some types of infections, skin grafts and flaps, brown recluse spider bites and diabetic wounds of the lower extremity.
Nationally, approximately 7 million people suffer from wounds that will not heal–a serious problem that can lead to amputation of limbs and dramatically impaired quality of life. Associated with inadequate circulation, poorly functioning veins and immobility, non-healing wounds occur most frequently in the elderly and people with diabetes–populations that are sharply rising as the nation ages and chronic diseases increase.
Sweeny Community Hospital will host an open house to the public from 5:00 to 6:30 on October 28th.

Pictured: Pat Little, Pam Springer, Moira Hayes, Deborah Ortego, Suprine Dugan, Lucy Herrera

SWEENY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FIRST IN THE COUNTY TO ADD A POWERFUL NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT FOR EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER
By Adding GE Healthcares New Senographe Essential Digital Mammography System , advances continue in Diagnostic Imaging at Sweeny Community Hospital.
This year in America, more than 184,450 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, Sweeny Community Hospital advanced the fight against this pervasive disease by installing a new cutting edge digital mammography system for its patients.
This system, a GE Healthcare Senographe Digital Mammography system, provides physicians with clear and precise all-digital images, rather than images on X-ray film. Whats more, the system provides the largest field of view currently available, which can be extremely helpful for precision imaging of patients.
There are many advantages to a digital system. The images are clear and easy to read, and it offers an excellent view of the breast, especially near the skin line, chest wall and in women with diverse breast tissue types. Digital mammograms take as little as half the time of film. And if a second opinion is needed, the image can be sent electronically to a consulting physician virtually instantaneously.
The Senographe Essential at Sweeny Community Hospital is equipped with the IDI Mammo Review Workstation. This workstation allows physicians to simply, quickly, and easily review patients images, including information from multi-modality studies, at a single point of review. Physicians have the ability to pull up a patients previous mammography exams for historical comparison or for comparison against other types of images, such as those acquired by ultrasound or MR, resulting in a more comprehensive view of a specific patients medical history. The workstation also simplifies the sharing of information and images to referring physicians and surgeons.
Sweeny Community Hospital will be scheduling employees and Auxiliary before the end of October and patients starting November 8th. Please call 548-1586.

The Sweeny Hospital District welcomes Dr. Leo Chretien to its specialty clinic medical staff. Dr. Chretien has been practicing in the Brazosport community for 8 years. He attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, and did his residency at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Chretien practiced Emergency Medicine for 10 years before moving to Internal Medicine. He has an active and thriving Internal Medicine practice in Lake Jackson and is expanding this successful practice into the West Brazos area. At this time Dr. Chretien is holding office hours on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in Specialty Clinic Suite D, located at the Medical Office Building at Sweeny Community Hospital. He plans to expand his hours this fall as he adds another full time Practioner to his staff for the Sweeny location. Dr. Chretien is presently accepting new patients to be seen in Sweeny. To schedule an appointment, please call his Lake Jackson office at (979) 299-6844.
We are very excited about Dr. Chretien joining our medical staff as he has been serving the West Brazos area for the past 8 years and has established a medical relationship with many residents of the Hospital District., said Bill Barnes, Administrator of the Sweeny Hospital District. He brings extensive and varied experience in the treatment of complex conditions affecting adults to this area of Brazoria County and will be a wonderful addition and asset to our team. With 16 physicians in 11 specialties able to serve the community, Sweeny Community Hospital has become a leader in providing quality healthcare and services to patients, visitors and staff of the West Brazos area.

Presentation of SVFDA Check. Pictured are Jonathan Blake, Delivery Driver; William Barnes, Administrator; Joni Leowe, SVFD Auxiliary Representative; and Cammie Christie, Program Coordinator

The Sweeny Hospital Districts Meals Made With Care Program is currently accepting applicants. This service delivers freshly made, nutritionally balanced meals to area senior citizens, as it has been since its inception in 1997. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays) between the hours of 10am and 12pm. All meals are $3.25 each and clients are charged only for the meals they receive. Billing for this program is done on a monthly basis, and payments are accepted in the form of cash, check, money order, or credit card. Applications for this program are available by contacting Cammie Christie at 979-548-1532. The application should take no longer than 10 minutes to fill out and may be completed over the phone. If you wish to make a tax deductible donation to Meals Made With Care, please contact the number above.
This service is provided by the Sweeny Hospital District to meet the needs of local senior citizens who may not otherwise be able to have a fresh, hot meal during the day. It is a not-for-profit operation, with all monies received going directly into the programs operating costs. The Meals Made With Care Program thanks all its generous benefactors who help keep the program afloat. Special thanks goes to the Sweeny Fire and Rescue Auxiliary in conjunction with the Sweeny Pride Day Queen Contest. The young ladies who competed in this years contest raised over $750.00 to support Meals Made With Care. It is contributions like this from the community that help to offset any additional costs the program incurs.

The Sweeny Hospital District is pleased to welcome two new physicians to its medical staff which have expanded and supplemented the realm of services available to the West of the Brazos Community.
Dr. Nilesh J. Patel is board certified in both Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry. He attended medical school at Coimbatore Medical University of Madras India. Dr. Patel completed an internship in surgery at Columbia College of New York, then residencies at Austin State Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. He has an active psychiatric practice in Lake Jackson. Dr. Patel joins the Sweeny Hospital District team in the role of Medical Director for the Senior Horizons program, following the resignation of Dr. Milton Williams. This program provides individualized treatment to older adults who suffer from emotional or psychiatric disorders. Dr. Patel is presently accepting new patients via the Senior Horizons program, located at Sweeny Community Hospital. To schedule a free evaluation or for more information, please call (979) 548-1571.
Dr. Christopher Hankins joins the medical staff as a Plastic Surgeon. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Since his graduation, Dr. Hankins has participated in several residency, internship, and fellowship programs. Some of his training includes a residency in General Surgery at the University of Virginia, a Hand Surgery Fellowship at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Plastic Surgery Fellowships at Boston University Medical Center, Stamford Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hankins specializes in carpal tunnel procedures, as well as skin and facial reconstructive procedures. Dr. Hankins is also accepting new patients to his practice. To schedule an appointment, please call713-370-4433.
We are pleased to welcome our new physicians,” said William Barnes, Administrator. “They are outstanding additions to our medical staff and their experience in their fields will assist SCH in continuing to stay at the forefront of medical care for our community.” With 15 physicians in 11 specialties able to serve the community, Sweeny Community Hospital has become a leader in providing quality healthcare and services to patients, visitors and staff of the West Brazos area.

Sweeny Community Hospitals Laboratory and Cardiopulmonary Departments have been awarded the Laboratory Excellence Award by COLA, a national healthcare accreditation organization for laboratory medicine. COLA is a physician-directed organization whose purpose is to promote excellence in patient care through a program of voluntary education, consultation, and accreditation of medical laboratories. Focus is given to revised quality control requirements, incorporation of quality systems processes to all categories of the laboratorys path of workflow, and attention to current and valid laboratory information systems. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing, and pass a rigorous on-site laboratory survey. The Laboratory Excellence Award is achieved by those COLA laboratories that are found to be complaint with all COLA essential and required criteria, as well as continued demonstration of successful proficiency testing for the prior three testing events and have received no valid complaints against laboratory testing procedures. Sweeny Community Hospital has earned COLA accreditation as a result of its commitment to provide quality service to the West of the Brazos Community it has served for the past 45 years. For more information on COLA, you may visit their website by follwing this LINK.