The San Augustine County Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting to observe the re-opening of The Heart Institute of East Texas San Augustine office Wednesday afternoon. 

On hand at the event were several of the heart doctors that practice at CHI St. Luke's Health facility in Lufkin, that will be also be seeing patients at the San Augustine location. Among those was Dr. Ravinder Bachireddy, a noted cardiology trailblazer and founder of The Heart Institute of East Texas in 1982.

The Heart Institute of East Texas San Augustine location was open 13 years, but had to close with the loss of the physician. However, with the addition of Dr. Ilyas Mohammed, who will be at the San Augustine location two-days a week, there's been a renewed committment by the CHI St. Luke's Health and the doctors with re-opening of a renovated facility.

According to Practice Administrator Phillip LaCorte, The Heart Institute of San Augustine is and has always put the patient first with 24/7 care.

The Heart Institute of East Texas specializes in heart and vascular care and their San Augustine location is at 904 West Columbia, near the traffic circle.