Covenant Health’s Regional Board of Directors met late yesterday (Feb. 23) to review the results of the feasibility study by a national EMS/ambulance consulting firm that was commissioned last fall. After hearing the findings, the board voted unanimously to continue exploring options to improving emergency care and response times for the residents of Lubbock, including a Covenant-funded option. The hard-working taxpayers of Lubbock deserve an EMS and ambulance service that is efficient, cost effective, and delivers the best care possible to our community.
Richard Parks, President/CEO of Covenant Health said, “Our board positively affirmed moving forward with developing EMS services for our community, hopefully with City Council support.”
About Covenant Health:
Covenant Health has served for almost 100 years as the only faith-based integrated health network in the West Texas, eastern New Mexico region providing a Christian healing ministry. Covenant’s network includes six hospitals, more than 1,000 licensed beds, more than 5,000 employees, 97 primary care providers, a medical staff of more than 600 physicians at its cornerstone facilities, and a regionally based health plan – FirstCare — offering high-quality affordable healthcare coverage. To learn more about Covenant Health, please visit covenanthealth.org.
(Press release from Covenant Health)
