Drew Memorial Hospital began in 1930 to provide a high quality healthcare service to its community. It opened with a 50-bed facility to meet the needs of the South of Arkansas. In 1975, it expanded its facility with a new MRI, J. Finn McCloy Outpatient clinic and the Labor and Delivery department. All the expansions and the effort to improve the healthcare were vital to succeed. All its services and purpose is focused on being the best high-quality healthcare and wellness service option in Southern Arkansas. Its primary concern is the reassurance and protection of its patients.
Drew Memorial Hospital has offered the highest quality customer service for more than 70 years. It provides laboratory services, respiratory care, dietary services, pharmacy, diabetes care program, magnetic resonance imaging, computerized axial tomography scanner, ultrasound, Teleradiology, mammography, echocardiography, Doppler vascular studies, bone density, Emergency Rooms services, Home Health Care, ElderChoices services, maternity, nursing, obstetrics, intensive care unit, cardiology, orthopedic, oncology, general surgery, nephrology, physical therapy (for sports injuries, strokes, burns, and neuritis), speech therapy, occupational therapy, business office, payroll, and accounting. It also has Case Management service, which is committed to a team advance care for the patient and to recognize all the individual needs.
Drew Memorial Hospital is also committed to providing a safety work environment for its staff. This environment is intended to encourage teamwork, innovation, opportunities to growth, interdependence and initiative. It respects the diversity of the staff's talents because all their distinctive attributes are the ones that make the hospital succeed.