Magnolia Regional Medical Center is a non-profit, city owned Acute Care hospital. The hospital has been in continuous operation since 1939 and is licensed to operate a 49-bed acute care facility. In February 2010, a new facility opened replacing the original 1939 building and additions. The hospital continues to serve a diverse population of Columbia County and a large part of Southwest Arkansas including neonatal, pediatric, obstetric, adult, and geriatric patients.
Magnolia Regional Medical Center is licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Health and certified by Medicare and Medicaid for acute care, home health care, and rural health. The institution has a medical staff consisting of medical and surgical specialities.
Magnolia Regional Medical Center is located near the center of the city of Magnolia, eighteen miles from the Louisiana border in the southwest corner of the state. It serves as the sole community provider of medical care for a thirty-five mile radium. The primary service area is Columbia County, but receives patients from Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita, and Union counties, as well as patients from northern Louisiana. In fiscal year 2010 there were 1,847 inpatient admissions, 202 babies delivered, 11,068 emergency room visits, 173 inpatient surgeries, and 591 outpatient surgeries.
