Company with Mena Ties Makes Agreement with DeQueen Medical Center Owner

A medical company headquartered in Mena has announced an agreement in principle is in place to purchase the De Queen Medical Center. De Queen Mayor Jeff Brown reported to the De Queen City Council the announcement regarding the acquisition of the De Queen Hospital at a meeting on Tuesday, February 19th. Mayor Brown reported that a purchase agreement between Healthy-Connections Inc. of Mena and the De Queen Hospital owner Jorge Perez is in place.

Healthy-Connections owns both the Mena Street Clinic and the Health Park Lane Clinic where primary and preventative health care services are offered to the Mena community. The Health Park location also offers dental care. The first Healthy-Connections clinic began operating in Mena 17 years ago, back in 2002.

De Queen Mayor Brown also noted that Healthy-Connections had also previously purchased the former nursing home building – Crystal Falls Health and Rehab, across the street from the De Queen hospital. The Crystal Falls facility has been closed for a number of years. According to the Healthy-Connections website, the company has locations in six Arkansas communities. In addition to Mena and now De Queen, the business also has sites in Arkadelphia, Hot Springs, Malvern and Mount Ida.

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