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, 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 ren
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, 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.
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