Meet CHRISTUS New ‘Family Practice Nurse Practitioner’ Lydia Amartey
The term ‘Nurse Practitioner’ may be rather new to some, but it’s the important title of a very important job in medicine today. Lydia Amartey is one of six Family Practice Nurse Practitioners now on staff in the clinics of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. The term refers to ‘a nurse who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without the direct supervision of a doctor’. We...
CHRISTUS Rehabilitation Specialists Jeff Sant and Kerry Herman Share Information during Ntl. Physical Therapy Month
Kerry Herman and Jeff Sant Physical Therapist Jeff Sant has been performing professional rehabilitation services in Sulphur Springs for 22 years, first at the Sam Sevier Clinic and now through the hospital in Sulphur Springs. He has seen many changes and improvements in therapy treatments during that time, and has praise for the CHRISTUS Health Care System. During a KSST Good Morning Show interview, Sant stated “The Sulphur...
Sept. 17 Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate, Budget, Organization
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors have called a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 17 to discuss a number of items during their regular session and at least two during executive session. Budget and Tax Rate The hospital district board are slated to review and approve the tax rate and budget for the fiscal year which will end on Sept. 30, 2020. HCHD CEO Ron Folwell in May reported the district to be “doing fairly...
CHRISTUS – Sulphur Springs Paving The Way Into Future
Workers with Area Wide Paving continue the paving project at CHRISTUS – Sulphur Springs. CHRISTUS is resurfacing most of the front public parking areas, and has been doing so for a couple of weeks. Workers are keeping as much parking open as possible as they work in stages to resurface over 130,000 sq ft of parking areas. The quick turnaround involves crews scaping and cleaning the old surface, repairing any damage of the...
CHRISTUS Announces Sports Medicine Program
CEO Paul Harvey and Sports Medicine Director Kyle Lemarr appeared on KSST’s Good Morning Show to introduce the community to CHRISTUS’ new sports medicine program. The Sports Medicine Program is growing into this area, with full coverage of Sulphur Springs High School and a locally-based program coordinator, Kyle Lemarr. What this means is that CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Sulphur Springs physicians and providers are...
Meet Dr. Blake Cross, New Family Practice Physician at CHRISTUS Primary Clinic
Although having just settled into their new surroundings in Sulphur Springs this summer, Dr. Blake Cross admits that he and his family “already really like the interesting downtown area and the friendliness of the people”. Dr. Cross began seeing patients on August 5, 2019 in the area of the clinic which was formerly Dr. Miller’s offices. During a KSST Good Morning Show interview on August 16, 2019, Dr. Cross stated...
CHRISTUS Hospital Celebrates National Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Sulphur Springs
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs has carried forward an innovative program begun in 2015 to encourage and support mothers of newborns who want to breastfeed their babies. There is a special Breastfeeding Awareness Celebration planned on Friday August 16, 2019 from 1 pm til 4 pm in the Medical Plaza meeting room. This annual “BBQ Party” is free to attend, and will include a “health fair”...
Mount Pleasant Man Arrested In Sulphur Springs For Felony DWI, Possession of 3 Different Types of Pills
August 2, 2019 – A 36-year-old Mount Pleasant man was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated, marking at least his third drunk driving offense; he and the 36-year-old passenger were also charged with possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance after police found three different types of pills were found in the pair’s vehicle. Ashley Rex Hightower The pair was reported for reckless...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Warrant For Aggravated Assault With Deadly Weapon
Aaron Michael Krahn A 20-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Russell at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital at 7:30 a.m. Thursday on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The offense is alleged to have occurred on Nov. 29, according to arrest and jail reports. Laura Ruth Alsobrook and Aaron Michael Krahn were indicted during the June session for a Nov. 29...
Maintenance Needs For 3 Facilities Identified at June Hospital District Meeting
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors on Monday discussed three areas in need of improvement: the EMS building, Memorial Gardens and the roof of a Church Street building. The need for a roof replacement at a Church Street practice was discussed by Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors a their regular June meeting Monday. Church Street Roof Repairs The roof of a chiropractic clinic in the 500 block of Church...
