Rural Healthcare

In case of an emergency, Bowie residents are transported to a hospital 20 miles away, in Norcona, about 30 minutes from town.

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Listen In, Lubbock: Rural Texas Struggles To Hold Onto Emergency Services

Texas has seen the most rural hospital closures in the last 15 years than any other place in the country. As West Texas is quickly becoming a healthcare…

A closed sign is taped up at the entrance of Van Zandt Regional’s emergency room entrance. The hospital closed abruptly in the summer of 2019. Lindauer and his team have been working to reopen it since the fall of 2020.

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Listen In, Lubbock: Rural Healthcare, The Other Texas Drought

Over the past 15 years Texas has seen more rural hospital closures than any other state in the country—24 to be exact. As the pandemic swept through the…

Randy Lindauer, the CEO of Van Zandt Regional hospital, stands in the midst of a building currently under renovations. When it’s finished, it’ll serve as the housing quarters for medical staff of the county’s only hospital.

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Fight For Healthcare Access In Rural East Texas Continues As Some Of The State’s Hospitals Close

Tucked away in the back of Van Zandt Regional Hospital, a small East Texas hospital, is a quaint makeshift bedroom that is reminiscent of a nun’s…

Inside the Lubbock Civic Memorial Center, people wait in line for their first and in some cases second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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As Texas Struggles to Get COVID Vaccines, Rural Communities Are Hit Especially Hard

Manuel Mendez holds out his immunization record showing he has received the first round of COVID-19 vaccine. The 58-year-old lives with his elderly mother…