Hemphill, Texas (July 25, 2019) – Marrying her interest in helping others with her love of science, Desire’ Guillory has set her heart on being a pediatrician in an underserved area. Now a medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine (UTMB), Galveston, she is well on her way to achieving her goal. “Medicine allows me to take care of, work with, and talk to different people daily,” explained Guillory. “There’s never a day that I don’t learn something new about medicine and patient care from working in a clinic or hospital, and from the patients themselves.”

Hemphill, Texas (June 26, 2019) – Sabine County Hospital (SCH) is scheduled to “go live” on June 27th with a new telemedicine program that will bring emergency medicine specialists and critical care nurses into the emergency department whenever needed. The emergency department at SCH is equipped to handle any patient that comes through its doors. However, in critical situations – such as stroke, heart attack, trauma or serious injury where every second counts – telemedicine will allow emergency medicine specialists to work “virtually” side by side with local providers via a network of cameras and monitors installed in the trauma room.

Hemphill, Texas (February 20, 2019) – Sabine County Hospital was recognized last week with the 2018 TMF Gold Award for Hospital Quality Improvement. This regional award was given to only 51 of the 745 hospitals in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, that demonstrated improved performance on specific national quality measures. “We are honored to be recognized by the TMF Quality Institute for both reporting quality measures and improving patient outcomes as reflected by these data,” said Jerry Howell, hospital administrator, “but the benefit to our patients is the true reward.” “Our staff, led by Mareike Gay, our chief nursing officer until