Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital was nationally recognized as a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group during their annual meeting and awards dinner in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 6.
Over 2,200 hospitals were considered for the award. Among those, BJACH received a Top Rural distinction.
BJACH has supported the American warfighter for more than 80 years at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. Originally established as a field hospital in 1941, the current facility was opened in 1983 and named in honor of Brig. Gen. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, a New Orleans native and renowned bacteriologist, responsible for the control of typhus in Europe at the conclusion of WWII.
Today, BJACH operates a 20-bed facility and provides medical care to rotational units, Soldiers and families stationed at JRTC and Fort Polk along with a large retiree population.
| Date Taken: | 12.06.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 12.06.2022 10:20 |
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| VIRIN: | 221206-A-gr633-1002 |
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| Location: | FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, US |
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