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Ascension Seton

Ascension Seton Bastrop offers emergency and specialty care in one location

BASTROP, Texas (December 17, 2019) — Today, Ascension Seton announced the grand opening of Ascension Seton Bastrop, a state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Bastrop, TX, dedicated to emergency and specialty care in one location. 

The two-story, 40,000 square-foot hospital and medical office building encompasses a wide range of specialties and services, including:

·         24-hour emergency care

·         Inpatient services

·         On-site imaging and lab

·         Brain and spine care

·         Heart and vascular health

·         Primary care and family medicine

·         Maternal fetal medicine

·         Cardiac rehabilitation

·         Women's diagnostics 

“We are excited to expand our services in Bastrop to meet the changing health care needs of the community and its surrounding areas,” said Andy Davis, president and CEO of Ascension Texas. “Ascension Seton Bastrop provides a wide range of high-quality medical care, keeping families close to home.”

Emergency and specialty care in one location

Ascension Seton Bastrop’s hospital features seven inpatient beds, seven emergency department beds, 24-hour emergency care services, an inpatient unit and two minor procedure rooms. On-site imaging includes CAT scan, X-ray, ultrasound and women’s diagnostic imaging (coming soon). An on-site 24-hour lab utilizes the latest technology to get test results back quickly and securely.

Ascension Seton Bastrop also features outpatient Ascension Medical Group physician practices and services, including:

-      Seton Family of Doctors

-      University Physician Group – Maternal-Fetal Medicine

-      Seton Heart Institute (coming soon)

-      Seton Brain and Spine Institute (coming soon)

-      Cardiac rehabilitation

-      Outpatient lab

-      Outpatient imaging (coming soon)

Bastrop is one of the top 50 fastest growing counties in America, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The rapid population increase means that the area’s demand for high-quality care has also skyrocketed.

Ascension Seton Bastrop is located at 630 TX-71 W, Bastrop, TX 78602. To book an appointment, call 737-881-7400. A grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration for Ascension Seton Bastrop will take place on Thursday, January 23.

About Ascension Texas

In Texas, Ascension operates Providence Healthcare Network and Seton Healthcare Family, which includes Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, the region’s only comprehensive children’s hospital and pediatric Level I trauma center, and Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, the region’s only Level I trauma center for adults. Seton partners with Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and shares a common vision of transforming healthcare through a focus on quality and value. Serving Texas for 115 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., operating 2,600 sites of care – including 150 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.ascension.org and www.dellchildrens.net.