Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Requiring Texas Hospitals To Collect, Report Healthcare Costs For Illegal Immigrants
August 8, 2024 | Austin, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to collect information on illegal immigrants who use Texas public hospitals for inpatient and emergency care and to report incurred healthcare costs due to the Biden-Harris Administration’s reckless open border policies. HHSC will also be required to report annually to the Governor and...
Back to School: CHRISTUS Health Stresses Importance of Immunizations
August 8, 2024 – (EAST TEXAS) – As students prepare to head back to classrooms, CHRISTUS Health is stressing the importance of immunizations and physical exams for a healthy start to a new school year. Texas law requires children to be vaccinated against several diseases before attending school, including MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), hepatitis B, and DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis), among others. Although there...
Are ‘Cocaine Sharks’ A Real Threat to Texas Beaches?
July 26, 2024 – Researches are currently scrambling to explain a possible new threat on beaches around the world. That threat: sharks hopped up on cocaine. Here are some facts: Sharks have been proven to ‘attack’ the white floating bundles of cocaine left floating in the ocean. These bundles are the result of smugglers dumping their cargo. Scientist theorize sharks might mistake the objects for birds. Much like the...
Mystery Designer Handbag Raffle Tickets are Available
Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo is sold out, but you could still win a luxury designer handbag. The Foundation is offering 300 tickets for sale for the Mystery Handbag Raffle. Tickets are $25 each. The luxury designer bag is valued at over $2,500. Tickets are available at handbagbingo24.givesmart.com until they are sold out. The drawing will occur at Designer Handbag Bingo...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Announces the 2025 Gala Chairs
July 11, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Board of Directors is excited to share that the 2025 Gala chairs will be a family affair! Linda and Joe Bob Burgin along with their sons and daughters-in-law, Julie and Brad, and Teffany and Corey, have been tapped to chair the 2025 Gala slated for Saturday, January 25. The Burgins have been very involved in Hopkins County...
Foundation Announces First Handbag Bingo Title Sponsor
July 9, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo has a title sponsor for the first time in its five-year history. The Alliance Bank family of businesses (Alliance Bank, Alliance Bank Financial Services, and Galyean Insurance) is this year’s title sponsor. This sponsorship augments the Alliance Bank group’s relationship with the Foundation and underscores...
CHRISTUS Health Encourages Safe Fireworks use for Independence Day Celebrations
June 27, 2024 – (EAST TEXAS) – CHRISTUS Health is encouraging everyone to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday safely by providing fireworks safety tips. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports there were eight deaths and nearly 10,000 people treated in emergency rooms due to fireworks in 2023. Injuries from fireworks have increased since 2008. “Fireworks are extremely dangerous if used incorrectly,” said Julie...
Tables Go on Sale for Designer Handbag Bingo
June 21, 2024 – Sulphur Springs, TX – Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 22 as that is the day tables for Designer Handbag Bingo go on sale. Tables, which are reserved, cost $575 and seat 8 players. Each player will receive a packet that includes cards for the 10 rounds of regular play, a drink ticket that can be used for a soda, wine, or margarita, a drawing entry for the door prizes, a Plain & Fancy sandwich with...
CHRISTUS Health Provides Tips to Prepare for Summer Heat
June 10, 2024 – (EAST TEXAS) – The summer heat has arrived, which means understanding and preventing heat-related illnesses is more important than ever, according to CHRISTUS Health. There are four main types of heat-related illnesses: heat rash, cramps, heat exhaustion and the most severe, heat stroke. There were nearly 2,500 heat-related deaths in the U.S. last year, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department reported. “It...
CHRISTUS Heart and Vascular Institute in Sulphur Springs Welcomes First Patient
June 10, 2024 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – Joe Bob Burgin is no stranger to the health care system in Sulphur Springs. Burgin was part of the hospital board when it was still Hopkins County Memorial Hospital and was integral in the successful merger with CHRISTUS Health in 2016. When he found out CHRISTUS Health was expanding cardiology services to his hometown with the creation of the Heart and Vascular Institute – Sulphur...
