Dr. Leo Edwards has spent the past 40 years in the East Side community where he was born and raised, helping and healing.
Edwards has spent more than 40 years in the East Side community where he was born and raised, helping and healing those like Judy Clay Jenkins.After Dr. Edwards heard there was a patient who became hungry while waiting to be seen, “he went and got her something to eat,” Jenkins said. “Then, he also had a cab to take her home.”“He’s the heart. He really is. He’s the heart,” Jenkins said.He said his parents were community-minded and, like him, active in the church at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.
Whether it’s helping a patient get a medical apparatus they can’t afford or simply listening to what’s on their minds, Edwards said, “You treat them like they’re your family.” The irony of Edwards being honored by the Baptist Health System was that Edwards has a deep personal connection to downtown Baptist, dating back to the day he was born.
Since it was a segregated hospital back then, Edwards said, “We had to go to a section of the hospital that was for Blacks.”Edwards said, “She didn’t hesitate to save my life.” To be recognized by the Baptist Health System all these years later, Edwards said, “It’s really cool, especially at this point in time in my life.”Jessie Degollado has been with KSAT since 1984. She is a general assignments reporter who covers a wide variety of stories. Raised in Laredo and as an anchor/reporter at KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley, Jessie is especially familiar with border and immigration issues. In 2007, Jessie also was inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame.
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