Yoakum Community Hospital

Yoakum Community Hospital (ych) is a not-for-profit, critical-access Hospital delivering comprehensive services with compassion and commitment. Hospital leadership and physicians work together to guide the direction of the facility. The busy, 23-bed Community Hospital has served neighbors in Yoakum and the surrounding area for 100 years. The ych medical staff of 27 physicians includes not only family physicians but also those certified in a number of major healthcare specialties. More than 80 ych staff nurses provide special expertise and a compassionate bedside manner. The Hospital provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services to meet the evolving health care needs of our Community, which include laboratory, rehabilitation, imaging, emergency, general medicine, diabetes education, sleep disorder treatment, surgery and the many medical specialists who schedule patient appointments at the ych outpatient clinic. The ych team takes pride in the facility's quality of care and our ongoing commitment to patients in Yoakum and the surrounding communities. Additional information regarding ych for fiscal year ended june 30, 2023: - the Hospital performed 339 lifesaving surgeries. - ych admitted 520 local patients in the acute state of illness and managed 6,386 emergency room visits with the rapid, reliable care our Community deserves. - the emergency services at ych have earned the Hospital distinguished recognition as the first level iv trauma center in the area. - in 2007, Yoakum chamber of commerce presented ych with its business of the year award, and the Hospital also received the 2007 Texas health care quality improvement award. - in 2012, Yoakum Community Hospital received the 2012 Texas health care quality improvement bronze award. Hospital services: ych provides a broad range of services to meet the evolving health care needs of our Community, which include: - up-to-date laboratory, physical therapy and radiology services-including mri, mammography, ct, radiography/fluoroscopy and ultrasound diagnostic services. - lone star emergency physicians in Yoakum Community Hospital's emergency room treat trauma patients at any time of day or night, seven days a week. - medical specialists, including cardiology, ear, nose and throat,gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, ob/gyn, podiatry and urology physicians who schedule patient appointments at the ych outpatient clinic on a regular basis. - surgical services for many inpatient and outpatient procedures in our fully equipped operating rooms. - convenient access to numerous outpatient services for patients with sleep disorders, diabetes and pulmonary rehabilitation needs.