Health Department Contact List

ADMINISTRATION/Switchboard 

(956) 795-4900

After Hour Calls

(956) 344-1569

Vital Statistics: Birth & Death certificates

(956) 795-4929

Budget  & Grants (Billing and Ambulance Collections)

(956) 795-4930

 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION

(956) 795-4904

Animal Control Supervisor (956) 344-1557

Animal Control Program

      -Rabies control, stray animal impoundment, and zoonosis

(956) 795-4902

Environmental Health and Food Management

      -Education in food preparation & personal hygiene

      -Restaurant, motel, pool, & food preparation inspections

      -Integrated Vector Control Program

(956) 794-4904

LABORATORY AND ALLIED HEALTH SERVICES

 

Laboratory Services.

      -Level B bioterrorism lab, lab testing, and water quality testing

(956) 795-4908

Pharmacy

      -Pharmaceutical services for Health Department Clinics

(956) 795-4909

PATIENT CARE SERVICES DIVISION

(956) 795-4910

Dental Health Program (for children & adults)

      -x-rays, cleanings, fillings and extractions

(956) 795-4903

“La Familia” Primary Care Program

       -Hypertension & diabetes screening and treatment

(956) 795-4907

Maternal & Child Health Program

      -Prenatal, after delivery care, family planning, newborn 

       screening, & well-baby checkups

(956) 795-4924

TB Elimination Program: screening & treatment

(956) 795-4911

DISEASE CONTROL AND EPIDEMIOLOGY DIVISION

(956) 795-4950

Public Health Preparedness: Outbreak control Response and Disaster Management

(956) 795-4951

HIV/AIDS/ STD Program

      -HIV/AIDS testing, education, counseling, & social services

      -HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS)

      -STD diagnosis & treatment

(956) 795-4905

Vaccine Preventable Disease Control & Immunizations (Children & Adults)

(956) 795-4906

PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION DIVISION

(956) 795-4928

WIC Program:  Nutrition, food vouchers, and breastfeeding

(956) 795-4943

Buena Vida Wellness Program

      -Aerobic classes, Obesity Prevention & CHEM24 blood screening

(956) 795-4948

Bienestar

(956) 795-4957

 

AFTER HOUR AND EMERGENCY ON CALL

FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT RESPONSE

 

Health Department Main: Operator Assistance

(956) 795-4900

Director’s Office:  

-Hector F. Gonzalez, MD, MPH

-Customer Service Complaints: Clarissa Rangel-Paredes,

  MPA, Administrative Assistant

(956) 795-4901
(956) 795-4922
General After Hour Calls: (Pager) (956) 344-1569
Animal Control:  

-Pager (including Sundays)

-Rodolfo Gonzalez, Jr. Animal Control Supervisor

(956) 344-1565
(956) 285-3281
Environmental Health Complaints (food, vector, smoking) call:  

-After Hours Pager

-Chief of Environmental Health Services, Mr. Samuel Gonzalez, RS

(956) 344-1571
(956) 740-3964
All other Public Health Threats: Preparedness (Pager) (956) 344-0870
Disease Reporting:  

-Chief of Disease Control and Epidemiology, Mr. Waldo A. Lopez,

 RS, MPH

-After Hours

(956) 795-4950

(956) 333-4711