Amarillo: Faces, Places & Open Spaces

The Coffee Memorial Blood Center is a vital part of the medical
services offered to the people of the Texas Panhandle.
Key employers in Amarillo are BSA
Healthcare System, Northwest Texas
Healthcare System, and Thomas E. Creek
Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare
System. In addition to employing thousands
of area residents, the Amarillo medical community
is a premier location for state-of-theart
medical care. Patients in the Texas
Panhandle and neighboring states depend on
the medical care provided by the three hospitals
mentioned, approximately thirty other
facilities who are members of the Harrington
Regional Medical Center, and numerous other
providers throughout the city. The Medical
Center’s affiliated members offer acute care,
long-term care to the aged, cancer treatment,
rehabilitative services, and speech and hearing
treatment. Mental health, research, blood
bank, and veterinary research facilities are
located in the Medical Center as well.
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