Texas Forest Country Hospitals Offer Top-Notch Care
From cardiac catheterization to childhood immunization, the health-care community in the Texas Forest Country has it covered – and then some.
The region is home to some of the nation’s top medical facilities, each of which can point to a wall full of awards for quality care, innovative programs and patient satisfaction. And each has been successful in recruiting top-level medical expertise and investing in the latest technologies and treatments.
At Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, improvements are always being made to services, programs and facilities, says Dan Jacobs, marketing and physician relations director.
“Less than two years ago, we rolled out a new, advanced cardiac catheterization lab with a lot of new equipment,” Jacobs says.
Those additions included the Innova 2121 IQ-All-Digital Cardiovascular Bi-plane and Interventional Imaging System, the first of its kind in Texas.
“Woodland Heights has been known for its heart center for more than 20 years, and this allows us to continue to have the entire continuum of cardiac care here,” Jacobs says.
At Lufkin-based Memorial Health System of East Texas, quality care is spread out over facilities in three counties, says Bryant Krenek, chief executive officer.
Memorial operates critical access hospitals in San Augustine County and Livingston in Polk County.
The Livingston hospital is on a 42-acre campus, where a $30 million expansion plan includes a new six-story tower for additional beds, emergency room services and medical offices.
“It’s an area where the population is mushrooming, and our future is going to be tremendous,” Krenek says.
Technical upgrades and other ongoing improvements are the order of the day at the county-owned Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, which offers services that include cardiac catheterization, a women’s wing, medical imaging, intensive care, emergency and physical therapy services.
And at Nacogdoches Medical Center, services include Brain Lab technology, a system for neurosurgery and sinus surgery, the Loma Laird Imaging and Cancer Center and a multispecialty outpatient center.
“Nacogdoches Medical Center is honored to be a major employer that offers quality of life and a sense of community,” says Gary Stokes, chief executive officer. “Our motto of ‘service, care, quality’ resonates in all we do, from patient care to volunteerism and the opportunity to provide big-city medicine right here at home.”
Memorial’s Krenek echoes that sentiment, adding “When you have great facilities, good clinicians and good technology, it allows people to stay closer to home and get as good medical care as in any large city. That’s what we’re bringing to East Texas, in a very comprehensive and extensive way.”
