Monticello Live

Starting today, all Local Health Units statewide will have new operating hours on TUESDAYs.

The new hours will be 9:30-6:00pm. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will remain the same 8:00-4:30pm.

Drew County Health Unit will have a drive thru flu clinic from 9:00-12:00 tomorrow, Friday September 25th.  After tomorrow flu shots will continue to be available at the health unit.  Just call 870-367-6234 when you get to the unit and someone will get your information and a nurse will come out to you.

Flu vaccines are now available at the Drew County Health Unit.

We will have a drive thru flu clinic at the Drew County Health Unit, today, from 9:00 – 12:00.

Enter from Scogin Drive (east entrance) and drive in front of the office toward the tent.

There will not be a mass this year due to COVID-19.

US Senator John Boozman visited Drew Memorial Hospital, Thursday, and visited with staff as well as touring the facility, on his trip through the state to recognize frontline healthcare heroes. Boozman has secured millions of dollars for Arkansas to support the state and local response to COVID-19.

Reinhart Family Healthcare in Monticello would like to Welcome Jamie West, APRN to our healthcare team.

Jamie is a native of Crossett, Arkansas where she attended and graduated Crossett High School in 2010. (more…)

After contacting Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober and Monticello Mayor Paige Chase, both have issued statements about Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s mandate about statewide use of facemasks.

Their statements are posted below.

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Drew Memorial Health System proudly announces that we have been selected as one of seven recipients of the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Rapid-Response COVID-19 Relief Grant.  Our award of $139,900, will be used to purchase a state of the art Cepheid New GeneXpert Testing Instrument.
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MLive has spoken with many knowledgeable sources in our area.  Generally speaking, duplicated drive-through testing sites don’t happen without a specific reason of high infection, either present or possible. (more…)

We are excited to announce a COVID-19 Relief Fund has been established for Drew Memorial Health System and its employees.
If you have any question please contact Stephanie Norris at 870-460-3539

A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 20 at McGehee Men’s Club Community Center, 1 South Airport Road in McGehee. (more…)

Ashley County Medical Center welcomes Dr. Kara Worley to their team. A native of Texarkana, Arkansas, Dr. Worley received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed an intern year at LSU New Orleans, where she moved to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina. (more…)

Ashley County Medical Center Welcomes Autumn Bennett, CNP, WHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC as our newest provider to Ashley Women’s Services and Hamburg Health Clinic. (more…)

Note – 1 of those being counted is in Lincoln county, and 1 was at JRMC, and then transfered to St. Vincent’s, so that person never was in Drew County while positive.”

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