Palo Pinto General Hospital
Carla Hay-Perdue has an extensive career at Palo Pinto General Hospital, starting as an RN in the ICU and House Supervisor from 1976 to 1985, progressing to various roles including Health and Wellness Educator, Certified Nurse Coach, Family Nurse Practitioner, Director of Education and Development, and Quality Assurance, Risk Management Director from 1985 to the present. Carla holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Advanced Practice Nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and has received additional certifications, including Integrated Nurse Coach Certification from the International Nurse Coach Association. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing and a Master's in Nursing Education from Texas Woman's University, as well as a Post-Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner from The University of Texas at Arlington.
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Palo Pinto General Hospital
Palo Pinto General Hospital (PPGH) is the primary countywide provider of healthcare for Palo Pinto, west of Fort Worth, with more than 28,000 residents. PPGH, based in Mineral Wells, has moved to position itself in our community as more than just an acute care hospital and as a critically needed countywide resource to help foster wellness and combat higher incidences of disease common in rural communities. Palo Pinto County covers more than 950 square miles, and the county’s population is nearly double that of Mineral Wells, PPGH’s home base. “With such a spread across the region, we have pushed our services out into the county,” Ross Korkmas, PPGH’s chief executive officer, said. In 2021, PPGH opened a family care clinic at Possum Kingdom Lake, the third clinic outside Mineral Wells. PPGH also has family care clinics in Mineral Wells, Gordon, Santo, and an urgent care clinic in Mineral Wells. Our physicians practice a range of specialties. They include family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, urology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, pain management, radiology, infectious diseases, podiatry, critical care, pulmonology, emergency medicine, and hospitalists.