Steward Health Care has announced plans for a new $227 million medical center in Northwest Texarkana. The new facilities will be more than 400,000 square feet and are expected to be completed by the Summer of 2024. The hospital on Pine Street will remain open during construction.
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Having served the Texarkana community for more than 120 years, Wadley Regional Medical Center will soon break ground on a new state-of-the-art hospital northwest of its current downtown location. The $227 million facility – which will feature a Medical Office building and offer a full range of hospital services including a 24/7 emergency room, orthopedics, cardiovascular area, neurosurgery, maternity care and other outpatient services – is slated to open in May 2024. The new hospital will have 123 beds with
the ability to expand to 291.“Wadley Regional plays a vital role in Texarkana as one of the region’s largest employers and
taxpayers while serving as a central hub for patients, clinical experts, and other partners to
better the community’s health, making this new facility a testament to the city’s dynamic and
forward-thinking strategic growth,” said Sanjay Shetty, M.D., president, Steward North
America. “As the Ark-La-Tex region continues to flourish, its citizens deserve Steward’s brand of
world-class health care at a sustainable cost, creating an opportunity for even more investment
in the area.”With an official groundbreaking planned for September and construction expected to take
approximately 32 months, Wadley’s current location at 1000 Pine will remain fully operational
while construction of the new 254,000-square-foot hospital and 143,000-square-foot Medical
Office building is underway at the corner of University Ave and W Park Blvd.“A new hospital in the fastest-growing part of Texarkana will further solidify Wadley Regional
Medical Center’s legacy of providing high-quality care to our neighbors,” said Tom Gilbert,
President of Wadley Regional Medical Center and Wadley Regional Medical Center at Hope.
“Since 1959, Wadley has been proudly serving the community where we live and work, and this
state-of-the-art facility will ensure that tradition carries on for generations to come.”As part of the Steward Health Care family, the nation’s largest physician-owned health care
network, Wadley is the latest Texas hospital to benefit from a major investment by the Dallas-
based company. In addition to building a new hospital in Texarkana, Steward Health Care
recently kicked off a $92 million renovation project at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Houston
and has also invested $14 million in improvements to Odessa Regional Medical Center. Other
Texas initiatives include the recent rebrand of Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio to
Texas Vista Medical Center, coinciding with a first-of-its-kind Healthy Horizons program to
improve the long-term health of the local community, and technology upgrades at Scenic
Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring, as well as the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, with
locations in Port Arthur and Beaumont.In addition to its seven hospitals across Texas, Steward Health Care also serves nearby residents
in Hope, Ark., via Wadley Regional Medical Center’s second facility, and Glenwood Regional
Medical Center in West Monroe, La.“Since relocating our own headquarters to Dallas in 2018 and securing physician ownership just
last year, Steward has quickly embraced the pride of being from Texas and, even more so, the
mentality that we must all do our part to help our neighbors and community thrive,” said
Shetty. “Texans never meet a stranger – and neither does Steward.”About Wadley Regional Medical Center
Wadley Regional Medical Center (WRMC), in partnership with physician owners and part of
Steward Health Care, is a full service, general acute care hospital currently located in downtown
Texarkana, TX. WRMC has been providing a wide range of health care services to greater
Texarkana area residents for more than 120 years with a mission to provide comprehensive
accessible medical care to the communities we serve. Offering a full range of services including,
24-hour emergency care, Level III Trauma Center, certified Primary Stroke Center, obstetrics,
intensive care, general medical and surgical offerings and a full complement of outpatient
diagnostics, WRMC is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by Medicare. To
learn more, go to www.wadleyhealth.org.About Steward Health Care
Steward Health Care’s physician-owned and -led business model was built to unlock access to
the highest-quality care at a sustainable cost, committed to providing personalized, ongoing
medical services that positively impact patients’ physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
Based in Dallas and founded in 2010 by Ralph de la Torre, M.D., Steward Health Care is the
largest physician-owned health care network with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health
care professionals empowering the health and wellness journey of 12.3 million patients a year
through its extensive global network of hospitals, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities
and substantial behavioral health services.Steward Health Care currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona (4), Arkansas (1), Florida (3),
Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (10), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), Texas (7) and Utah (5), as well as
in Malta (2) and Colombia (3).For more information, visit www.steward.org.
