The OGH Healthcare Foundation

At the OGH Healthcare Foundation, our vision for the future remains absolute. We are actively

fundraising and pursuing vital grants to make our dream of a brand-new, expanded Emergency Room

wing a reality. Every contribution and grant application brings us closer to breaking ground, and we are

deeply grateful for your momentum.

However, true community care also meets people right where they are today.

This giving season, as we participate in The Panhandle Gives, we want to ensure our community knows

that while our ER campaign is a top priority, we are also actively raising support for OGH Home

Delivered Meals (formerly known as Meals on Wheels).

On Weekdays, our talented Dietary Team at Seasons Assisted Living prepares warm, nutritious meals,

paired with a complimentary snack on Fridays, hand-delivered by our incredible volunteers. For many of

our recipients, these deliveries are quite literally all the food they will have.

We Need Your Help to Bridge the Gap

While recipients are financially able to pay, are charged $3.00 per meal, the true cost of ingredients,

preparation, and labor is $15.00 per meal. Your donations to this program directly help us break even

and cover the cost for those who cannot afford to pay, ensuring nobody in our community goes hungry.

You Can Choose Where Your Impact Goes

When you make your gift through The Panhandle Gives, simply indicate your preference:

• Option A: Support our active fundraising and grant efforts for the new ER Wing.

• Option B: Support OGH Home Delivered Meals to feed our local neighbors today.

Gifts can be made online starting November 23rd to December 1st. Thank you for your continued

partnership, generosity, and deep heart for Perryton.

With gratitude,

OGH Healthcare Foundation

Transforming Emergency Care at Ochiltree General Hospital

The Critical Need

Ochiltree General Hospital (OGH) serves as a vital healthcare lifeline for approximately 10,000 residents across Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hansford, Gray, and Roberts counties in the Texas Panhandle, as well as neighboring communities in the Oklahoma Panhandle and southern Kansas.

However, our current emergency department is critically outdated and undersized. Built at just 1,200 square feet, the existing facility features only three treatment rooms and three bays separated by curtains rather than walls, creating daily patient privacy and security concerns. Furthermore, the complete lack of in-room storage forces medical staff to leave the department to retrieve essential supplies and medications, temporarily leaving patients out of view.

Despite these spatial limitations, our dedicated team regularly treats over 300 patients per month.

A Vulnerable Infrastructure

The dangers of this cramped footprint were underscored when an EF-3 tornado struck Perryton in 2023. In a single five-hour span, our team treated 160 patients. Because of our limited space:

• Critical resuscitation efforts were severely compromised.

• Patients overflowed into non-clinical areas like the lobby and the post-anesthesia care unit.

• Clinical staff faced immense logistical hurdles treating patients who were decentralized.

The inability to properly intake, identify, and discharge patients during that single event resulted in over $1,000,000 in direct, non-reimbursed expenses absorbed by the hospital.

The Solution: The Emergency Department Expansion

To protect our region, OGH is launching a major capital improvement project to construct a new, state-of-the-art 7,000-square-foot emergency facility.

The expanded department will feature:

• Nine trauma and exam rooms equipped to handle multiple critical patients simultaneously while guaranteeing absolute privacy.

• A covered ambulance bay for secure, efficient patient delivery.

• Dedicated, secure medication and supply storage.

• A centralized nurse station, a dedicated radiology room, and a specialized decontamination area.

The total budget for this essential project is $7,000,000. We are actively seeking $4,500,000 in Community Project Funding to help turn this vision into reality, ensuring that the taxpayers and families who depend on us receive the timely, safe, and efficient care they deserve.

Who We Are: The Ochiltree General Hospital Foundation

At the Ochiltree General Hospital Foundation, our vision is to build a comprehensive healthcare delivery system that not only provides continuous, exceptional coverage but also boosts the quality of life and economic vitality of the Texas Panhandle.

While rural hospitals nationwide face closures and Texas grapples with a growing physician shortage and an aging population, OGH is bucking the trend. Through proactive planning—including the modernization and expansion of our surgical suites, ancillary services, and rural health clinic, alongside the addition of skilled providers like Dr. Blasingame—we are keeping hope and healing close to home.