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Article: A Tale of Two Hospitals.(competition between Central Arkansas Hospital and White County Medical Center)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- October 8, 2001
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Competition Brings Big-City Hospital Services to Searcy
THE TWO HOSPITALS IN SEARCY each have expensive MRI machines, catheterization labs and cardiology programs. And in the next few years, they are planning to spend almost $40 million more in their quest for patients.
While the duplication may not be cost-effective in a city of 18,928, the escalating competition between Central Arkansas Hospital and White County Medical Center seems to have worked to the advantage of residents of Searcy and surrounding counties.
"There's excellent health care in Searcy, but some of it is certainly redundant," said Dr. Porter Rodgers Jr., a retired general ...