Palo Pinto Hospital District, dba Palo Pinto General Hospital, was created on April 20, 1965. Palo Pinto General Hospital was built on a 40-acre tract of land two miles west of town and accepted its first patient on August 1, 1970. It was opened as an 80-bed acute care center with a full range of services. With the addition of the third floor, which opened March 24, 1985, the hospital was licensed for a total bed capacity of 99 beds. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Hospital District has evolved into a major diagnostic center with a full scope of services. Presently, the hospital has twenty-four members of the active medical staff and twenty-four members of the courtesy staff. The Hospital District’s staff consists of approximately 375 employees. The medical staff consists of family/general practitioners, general surgeons, a cardiovascular/thoracic surgeon, dentists, and specialists in urology, radiology, cardiology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, orthopedics, oncology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, obstetrics/gynecology, neurosurgery, pathology, podiatry, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and pediatrics.