Texarkana, Texas, Mayor Bob Bruggeman, left, congratulates Jason Adams, president of the CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, at the ribbon-cutting and blessing of the new CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System Emergency Center — Texarkana on July
16.
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System celebrated the opening of a new facility, the CHRISTUS Emergency Center — Texarkana, Texas, with a ribbon cutting and blessing on July 16.
The 12,000-square-foot emergency center will feature 24-hour emergency care services with 12 treatment rooms, advanced full-service imaging and onsite laboratory services.The 12,000 square-foot facility, which opened to the public July 18, features 24-hour emergency services with 12 treatment rooms, advanced imaging, and onsite laboratory services. It will provide nearly 40 health care jobs and will serve patients with
minor illnesses, broken bones and urgent conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.
Construction on the more than $17 million facility started in March 2023.
"Our ministry is built on a tradition of compassionate care founded on CHRISTUS Health mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, established by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1916 in Texarkana," Jason Adams, president
of CHRISTUS St. Micheal Health System, said in a statement. "This is the next step in our commitment to community and investment into growth and technology for the people in a four-state region — Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana."