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Arkansas State Hospital, originally known as Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, [1] is the sole public psychiatric hospital in the state of Arkansas, and is located in the city of Little Rock. It was established in 1883 and as of 2024, it is still active. Its main focus is on acute care rather than chronic illness. [2]
Although UAMS Medical Center (also known as University of Arkansas Medical Center) was founded in 1879, no patients were admitted or treated at the facility until 1892. [8] What started as a free clinic later evolved into an entity known only as City Hospital when UAMS moved their campus just outside downtown Little Rock in 1935. [8]
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - UAMS Medical Center - Little Rock, Arkansas Valley Behavioral Health System - Barling, Arkansas Vantage Point Behavioral Health Hospital - Fayetteville, Arkansas
The campus spans 36 city blocks and has a floor space of over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m 2). [2] Marcy Doderer is president & CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital, succeeding Dr. Jonathan Bates after his 2013 retirement. [4] Arkansas Children's has built a 233,613-square foot hospital in Springdale.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the approval of the Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System as one of only 12 new Fisher House program priority sites on January 26, 2021. [5] In August 2021, the system benefited from a $209,000 grant from US Department of Veteran Affairs to fight homelessness in Little Rock. [6] [7]
The medical school building now houses the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's William H. Bowen School of Law; the hospital building was torn down and became the law school's parking lot. In 1950, a 26-acre (110,000 m 2 ) tract of land on West Markham Street was formally deeded to the university by the Arkansas State Hospital, a state-owned ...
Gary Hogan Field is a baseball venue located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.It has been home to the Little Rock Trojans college baseball team of the Division I Sun Belt Conference since 1978 [1] and also the home of the Arkansas Baptist College Buffaloes junior college baseball team of Region 2 of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Previously had served as Mayor of England, Arkansas, in the 1970s. 67 61 Thomas A. Prince January 1985 – December 1986 68 62 Lottie Shackelford: January 1987 – December 1988 First female mayor of Little Rock. [1] Is also the second African American mayor of Little Rock. [1] 69 63 Floyd G. "Buddy" Villines January 1989 – December 1990 70 64