KILGORE, Texas (KETK) – The new Roy H. Laird Health Science Education Center in Kilgore had its grand opening and ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Kilgore College names ‘first of its kind’ health science education center
The ceremony was hosted by CHRISTUS Good Shepherd, Kilgore College, the City of Kilgore and the Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital Foundation and featured tours of the almost 75,0000 square-foot building.
“The partnership and collaboration we have had with both the City of Kilgore and Kilgore College has been incredible,” said Todd Hancock, CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System president. “This facility not only allows for incredible education opportunities for future health care providers but increases our capacity to care for our community.”
The Roy H. Laird Health Science Center consists of the new Kilgore College Torrence Health Science Education Center and the CHRISTUS Good Shepard Healthpark-Kilgore hospital.
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