Guess They’re Staying; CHRISTUS Logo Affixed to Hospital Building Wednesday
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital is now identified by the hospital logo on the front wall of the building. The emblem welcomes those driving Jim Masters Boulevard, the entrance to the hospital off Airport Road. It replaces the Memorial Hospital logo that once graced the main building. The hospital name was changed when Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District sold 51% of ownership the hospital to CHRISTUS Health. The sale was...
AMBUS Team Returns; Presented Report to Hospital District Board Monday
Hopkins County EMS AMBUS and the six paramedics that were deployed to South Texas to assist in medical care and transport during Hurricane Harvey have returned. Monday night, Brent Smith and Jeff Sanderson presented a report of their activities to the Hopkins County Hospital District Board during their monthly meeting. The team served in Victoria, Rockport, and Beaumont. Deployed to the staging center in San Antonio, their work began...
Update: Hopkins County EMS Busy as Harvey Hits
Brent Smith, Hopkins County EMS Director updates Hospital District Board on the work of Hopkins County AMBUS and the Hopkins County six paramedics in South Texas. KSST’s thanks to Joe Bob Burgin, Board Member for this message from Smith: “A quick update; the Ambus has fortunately got some rest this evening. We returned to staging in San Antonio around 1800 Friday. Sleep and dinner was been the majority of the agenda this...
Texas is #13 in Strictest DUI Laws: You May Be Surprised Where Hopkins County Fits In
“With drunk driving resulting in roughly 1 million arrests, 10,000 deaths and $44 billion in economic damage each year, we released an in-depth report on 2017’s Strictest & Most Lenient States on DUI.” WalletHub explained. Texas is #13 on the strictness sale. In Texas there were 987 fatalities due to DUI incidents in 2016. In 2016 Hopkins County had 39 DUI crashes, specifically 8 were in Sulphur Springs. To view the...
Press Release: Hopkins County EMS and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs Announce a New Resource for Our Medical Community
(Sulphur Springs, TX)- Hopkins County EMS and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs is pleased to announce that we are now a host agency and operator of a State Emergency Medical Task Force AMBUS. The AMBUS is a multi-patient transport vehicle similar to the ambulances that Hopkins County EMS operates. The AMBUS can carry up to 20 patients lying supine and the patients can receive treatment while transporting from a large...
Wilburn Announces Candidacy for Hopkins County Commissioner Precinct 2
I am John Wilburn, announcing as a candidate to run for Hopkins County Commissioner of Precinct 2. I am a 51 year old Hopkins County native who has lived in Precinct 2 in the Martin Springs community all of my life. My parents were the late James and ElFleta Grimes Wilburn, lifetime residents of Hopkins County. My grandparents were Walter and Annie Ruth Grimes of Martin Springs, and J.W. and Golden Swinford Wilburn of Saltillo. I...
Hospital District Plans to Protect Archives
During a meeting earlier in the week of the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District, a plan was set in motion to protect and preserve the archives held at the hospital for many years. Karen Strickland, past long-term employee, addressed the board with her concerns of the fate of all of the treasure trove of information that she had help collect over the years. Scrapbooks of newspaper articles, as well as other documents pertaining...
County, City Settle Lawsuit without Blame in Death of Ross
In a change of interpretation of the magistrate’s ruling, both the City of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County have publicly stated the amount paid to the family of Chance Ross following Monday mediation in Sherman Division of the Eastern District Court of Texas. Tuesday night the Sulphur Springs City Council approved a sum of $1,000 from the city and $349,000 from the city’s insurance carrier to settle the award. Included in the...
Hopkins County EMS Replacing Unit; Transports Increasing
Hopkins County EMS will be replacing Medic 7, a 1998 truck, with a new unit following a vote of the Hopkins County Hospital District Board. The hospital district continues ownership of EMS services for Hopkins, Delta, and Franklin Counties. The new unit will cost $168,000. EMS transports are increasing in the three county area. Currently those numbers are above target numbers expected by EMS personnel. January was the busiest month...
Questions Regarding Indigent Care Asked During Hospital District Board Meeting
Who pays for indigent medical care for Hopkins County Jail inmates? That was the question presented to the Hopkins County Hospital District by Donna Wallace,Financial Officer with CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital. The question was asked during the district board meeting Monday night, February 27, 2017. It was noted that close to $100,000 in medication cost is expended each year for prisoners and that a doctor makes weekly visits to...
