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About CHRISTUS St Michael
Centrally located along I30 in Texarkana TX CHRISTUS St Michael Health System serves residents of Arkansas Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma Established in 1916 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word CHRISTUS St Michael offers a full scope of expansive health care services heart care imaging and diagnostic surgical orthopedic rehabilitation wellness cancer care womens and childrens services and 24hourday emergency services

CHRISTUS St Michael Health System sits on a wooded 129acre campus that includes our 312bed acute care hospital 50 bed Rehabilitation Hospital an Outpatient Rehabilitation Center a 21000 sq ft Outpatient Imaging Center and a Health amp Fitness Center with an outdoor lap pool

Ranked 1 in Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma by HealthGradesreg for Heart Surgery 2007 CHRISTUS St Michael also received three 2007 Specialty Excellence Awards for General Surgery Vascular Surgery and Cardiac Surgery These accomplishments were not achieved by one person or just several persons They have been achieved through the continuous support and direction of our 220member Medical Staff and team of over 2200 nurses technicians support staff and volunteers as well as advanced technology

The CHRISTUS Health System was created in 1999 when the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio combined their healthcare ministries to better serve the communities where they were located As a part of this Catholic faithbased system CHRISTUS St Michael is one of more than 40 hospitals inpatient and longterm care facilities as well as dozens of clinics and various health care services CHRISTUS facilities can be found in more than 60 cities in Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Utah Missouri Georgia and Mexico

CHRISTUS St Michael is and has always been strongly committed to providing outstanding patient care for over 90 years It is a part of our Mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ

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History

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It was a late summer evening in 1916 when Phillip Brooks found his way into a boiler room of a building in Texarkana As a transient he had no job no money no ties to the community What he did have though was a fever of 106 degrees Phillip Brooks was dying when the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word found him in the boiler room of the new Michael Meagher Memorial Hospital

Yes Phillip Brooks was the first patient of the new 50bed hospital on its official opening day of September 14 1916 Michael Meagher for whom the hospital was named no doubt would have been pleased since Mr Brooks personified the hospitals original intent to serve those who are ill regardless of race religion or economic status

A Catholic Irishman and a civil engineer Michael Meagher not only witnessed the founding of Texarkana but responded to calls for the betterment of his adopted community What Meagher did not witness was the founding of his namesake hospital Upon his untimely death in 1909 Meagher left his entire estate for the establishment of a hospital in Texarkana to meet the healthcare needs of the community and surrounding areas

To carry out Meaghers wishes the trustees turned to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word to operate the new hospital located at 5th and Walnut Street in Texarkana Arkansas

Originally staffed by 10 physicians one dentist six Sisters of Charity and 10 nurses the Michael Meagher Memorial Hospital remained in its first home until 1948 A newly constructed 127bed St Michael Hospital was dedicated despite the hardships of World War II in 1948 to the service of God

The Sisters prudence and dedication to servicecombined with a bold visionled to the development of our presentday 128acre campus of CHRISTUS St Michael Health System located just off I30 between Summerhill Road and Cowhorn Creek Drive in Texarkana Texas

The CHRISTUS Health System was created in 1999 when the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio combined their healthcare ministries to better serve the communities where they were located As a part of this Catholic faithbased system CHRISTUS St Michael is one of more than 40 hospitals inpatient and longterm care facilities as well as dozens of clinics and various health care services CHRISTUS facilities can be found in more than 60 cities in Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Utah Missouri Georgia and Mexico

As a Catholic faithbased healthcare ministry committed to responding to the needs of those we are called to serve CHRISTUS St Michael continues to deliver high quality care that is accessible to all For 90 years the Sisters of Charity have partnered with physicians associates volunteers and our community for continued growth and service to the people of the Texarkana region