Ross praised the organization for its innovative and generous health care services to rural Arkansans, and also received an award for his support and dedication toward the community health center.

“I congratulate and praise Mainline Health Systems for the generous health services it provides to rural Arkansans,” said Ross. “Mainline Health Systems opened its doors 25 years ago in a three-room mobile home with one doctor and two staff. Today the community health center employs seven doctors and 55 staff, with locations in five communities. 

“Access to health care is limited in many of Arkansas’s rural areas. Without the vital health care services Mainline Health Systems provides, many of the 42,000 patient visits the health center served last year would have no where else to turn.” 

Mainline Health Systems, Inc., is based in Portland. The center also has locations in Wilmot, Eudora, Dermott and Fountain Hill.