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CASTRO COUNTY HEALTHCARE 310 W Halsell Dimmitt, Texas 79027 Phone 806-647-2191 Fax 806-647-2407 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Castro County will hold a scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 5:00pm in the Ettie McDermitt Education Room at Plains Memorial Hospital. Agenda 1. Call to Order- Reading of the Mission Statement 2. Public Comments 3. Review of Financials & Statistics- June 2022 b. Tax Roll for 2023 4. Election of Officers 5. CVL Room Rates 6. Consent Agenda a. Approval of June 2, 2022 Board Minutes b. Quarterly Review of Pledged Securities c. Departmental P [...]

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Castro County will hold a scheduled meeting on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 5:00pm in the Ettie McDermitt Education Room at Plains Memorial Hospital. Agenda 1. Call to Order---Reading of the Mission Statement 2. Public Comments 3. Oath of Office 4. Hart School Based Health Center Proposal 5. Review of Financials and Statistics- April 2022 6. Consent Agenda a. Approval of March 29, 2022 & April 28, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes b. Departmental P & P Approval c. Quarterly Review of Pledged Securities d. Approval for Destruction of Records e. Organizational [...]

CASTRO COUNTY HEALTHCARE 310 W Halsell  PO Box 278 Dimmitt, Texas 79027 Phone 806-647-2191    Fax 806-647-2407 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Castro County will hold a scheduled meeting on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 5:00pm in the Ettie McDermitt Education Room at Plains Memorial Hospital.    Agenda Call to Order- Reading of the Mission Statement Public Comments FY 2021 Durbin Audit Presentation Approval to Call for Board Member Election CT Purchase Review of Financials and Statistics- December 2021 Consent Agenda Approval of 11/18/2021 Board Meeting Minutes Quarterly Review of Pledged Securities Approval for Destruction of Records [...]

2022 Notice of Deadline to File an App For Place on the Ballot 

Over the past few months communities have recognized their family, friends, or neighbors that work in healthcare. They have noticed the sacrifices healthcare workers and their families have had to make by putting themselves at a higher risk to be there for those who need it. Every year these same healthcare workers are recognized during national holiday weeks like hospital week, nurse’s week, and many more. These holidays are designed to celebrate each departments specialty and the work they do. This year healthcare workers should be very proud of their work, and what they do for the district and the communities [...]

There is a lot going on, and CCHD understand that you may have lots of questions and concerns about what to do if you need to just have a checkup or prescription change. That is why they have separated their office hours to make the clinic still feel like a safe place to come.   “We want to reassure all of our patients that we are following all proper cleaning techniques and taking every precaution after each patient,” said Linda Aguero, Clinic Director at CCHD. “We have spilt our Monday through Friday clinic hours to see the ‘well’ patients in the [...]

Each year Castro County Healthcare (CCHD) recognizes their employees for their years of dedication and service to the Hospital District. This year, CCHD had 115 combine years of service recognized at their afternoon banquet on January 22, 2020. On that day, Jolene Schulte was recognized for 45 years of service, Gloria Hinojosa and Hortensia Ramirez for 20 years, Jamie Blasingame and Vicenta Martinez for 10 years, and Benny Navarro and Cathy Wilcox for five years. When you speak to anyone who has worked at CCHD, especially one of these seven who were awarded will mention the ‘family’ like environment that they [...]

Country View Living (CVL), the new long-term living facility, in Dimmitt, TX is having another CNA class, starting in January 2020. CVL has already held four CNA classes this year (2019) and have had a 100% passing rate. A CNA is an important piece of the workflow at CVL. Nurses depend heavily on the CNA’s when it comes to the resident’s care. CNA’s are the nurses and doctors ‘eyes and ears’ during their shift. The CNA class is taught by two nurses in the Castro County Hospital District, Raneta Patton, RN and Charge Nurse, and Tonya Ethridge, RN. If you have [...]

‘Plug into the Power of Rural’ is a mantra for National Rural Health Day on November 21, 2019. National Rural Health Day was founded by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) as a way to showcase rural America, increase awareness of rural health-related challenges, and promote the efforts of those who are addressing those challenges.   An estimated 57 million people – nearly one in five Americans – live in rural and frontier communities throughout the United States. An assessment by The Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH), states that in the 1960s there were [...]

Country View Living, the long-term living facility in Dimmitt, TX, has dedicated time in educating young professionals on how to be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). They have held four CNA classes, with a 100% passing rate. These classes are taught by two Registered Nurses (RN) who work at Country View Living (CVL) and have worked for the Castro County Hospital District (CCHD) for many years.   Raneta Patton, a RN and Charge Nurse, was an instructor for the CNA course. She has been working with CCHD as a nurse for six years, but also began working with CVL when they [...]