Arkansas Hospitals Apply for Trauma System
Sixty Arkansas hospitals have applied to receive funding for trauma care that will come from a tobacco tax. As our previous post regarding the Arkansas Trauma system points out, the system is designed to save the lives of Arkansas accident victims. The following is a list of hospitals that have applied to date:
LEVEL 1
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tenn.
Regional Medical Center, Memphis, Tenn.
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Mo.
UAMS Medical Center, Little Rock
LEVEL 2
Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock
Conway Regional Medical Center, Conway
Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff
St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center, Hot Springs
St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock
Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton
Sparks Regional Medical Center, Fort Smith
LEVEL 3
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Paragould
Ashley County Medical Center, Crossett
Baptist Health Medical Center, Arkadelphia
Baptist Health Medical Center, Heber Springs
Baptist Health Medical Center, North Little Rock
Baptist Health Medical Center, Stuttgart
Baxter Regional Medical Center, Mountain Home
Christus St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, Texas
Johnson Regional Medical Center, Clarksville
Mercy Medical Center, Rogers
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison
North Metro Medical Center, Jacksonville
St. Bernards Medical Center, Jonesboro
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith
St. John's Hospital, Berryville
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Russellville
White County Medical Center, Searcy
White River Medical Center, Batesville
LEVEL 4
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock
Bradley County Medical Center, Warren
Chicot Memorial Hospital, Lake Village
Community Medical Center of Izard County, Calico Rock
Crittenden Regional Hospital, West Memphis
DeQueen Medical Center, DeQueen
Desha County Hospital, McGehee
Dewitt Hospital, Dewitt
Drew Memorial Hospital, Monticello
Five Rivers Medical Center, Pocahontas
Forrest City Medical Center, Forrest City
Fulton County Hospital, Salem
Helena Regional Medical Center, Helena-West Helena
Hot Spring County Medical Center, Malvern
Howard Memorial Hospital, Nashville
John Ed Chambers Memorial Hospital, Danville
Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Walnut Ridge
Little River Memorial Hospital, Ashdown
Mena Regional Health System, Mena
Mercy Hospital Turner Memorial, Ozark
Mercy Hospital, Waldron
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jonesboro
North Logan Mercy Hospital, Paris
Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden
Ozark Health Medical Center, Clinton
Physician's Specialty Hospital, Fayetteville
Piggot Community Hospital, Piggott
Pike County Memorial Hospital, Murfreesboro
River Valley Medical Center, Dardanelle
St. Anthony's Medical Center, Morrilton
St. Vincent - North, Sherwood
Stone County Medical Center, Mountain View
The new Arkansas Trauma system should save lives of Arkansas personal injury victims and decrease the delay in treatment of catastrophic injuries from car accidents, motorcycle accidents, workplace accidents, train accidents, and other types of personal injuries. If you or a loved one has been the unfortunate victim of an accident in Arkansas, please contact an experienced Arkansas injury lawyer to discuss your legal rights so you can receive compensation for pain and suffering, medical bills, and lost wages.