The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

On a snowy and icy day with multiple motor vehicle crashes that resulted in a very busy emergency room at the Hospital, Haxtun Health was surveyed by the State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the licensing and accrediting department, for Trauma Care.

“It’s not every day that our emergency rooms are this busy and what are the odds that we would host surveyors from the State at the same time?” said Jessie Cochran, Trauma Coordinator for Haxtun Health.

In spite of the busy emergency room the survey went forward, and the hospital received full accreditation as a Designated...