Health & Social Services

In 1999, CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice and Alice Regional Hospital opened new state-of-the-art, primary care facilities, which have established Alice and Jim Wells County as a major regional, rural health care center.

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice opened its $20 million, 73 bed facility to serve the health care needs of the region. The hospital offers complete medical and surgical services including pediatrics, obstetrics, skilled nursing, emergency and intensive care, as well as cardiac and comprehensive diagnostic services.  The hospital is the newest facility of the CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, which is based in Corpus Christi, Texas.  CHRISTUS Spohn is part of CHRISTUS Health, one of the 10 largest Catholic sponsored health systems in the country. Sponsored jointly by the congregations of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and the Sisters of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, CHRISTUS Health has more than 40 hospitals and long-term care facilities, as well as dozens of other health services in more than 70 communities in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Utah, as well as Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico.  In April 2002, CHRISTUS Health awarded a $25,000 grant to the Jim Wells County Community Network to provide half of the required local funding match for the $500,000 state community network implementation grant.

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Alice Regional Hospital has served Jim Wells County and South Texas for more than 70 years. Its new $40 million facility represents the largest business investment in Alice history.  Licensed for 138 beds, Alice Regional Hospital offers a full range of acute and specialty care services to the region. Alice Regional is one of 48 hospitals owned by Triad Hospitals, Inc., a major health care corporation based in Plano, Texas.  The hospital contributed $1,000 to provide a portion of the local funding match for the $500,000 state community network implementation grant. 

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Healthy Communities Initiative
The Healthy Communities Initiative  is a partnership of local hospitals, health care organizations, and social service providers to help improve the health and quality of life of county residents. In April 2002, CHRISTUS Health awarded a $25,000 grant to the Jim Wells County Community Network to provide half of the required local funding match for a state grant to implement the Network, and to support the establishment of Healthy Communities in Jim Wells County. Healthy Communities is a world-wide initiative that originated with the World Health Organization in the mid-1980’s, and is now active in more than 50 countries. In the United States , more than 1,000 communities and 37 states are active in the program.  For more information, please use the links at the left of this page.