DHR partners with Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute

Your Valley Voice: April 12, 2014

EDINBURG – Two years ago Eliza Garcia haddiabetes.

The nurse at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) was like the other 26 percent of the population of the Rio Grande Valley that suffered from the disease.

At the end of her shift Garcia would have swollen feet and severe foot pain from standing for most of the day. Doctors told her she had to lose weight but for Garcia that was easier said than done.

“I tried countless diets and failed,” she said. “Instead of losing weight I was gaining weight and I had to try something else.” Read More