Colin Carr of Paragould, one of the first class of eight residents admitted in Washington Regional Medical Center’s expansion, is shown with the hospital in Fayetteville in these undated file photos. (Main, NWA Democrat-Gazette/David Gottschalk; inset, courtesy photo)
FAYETTEVILLE -- State government wants other Arkansas hospitals to follow Washington Regional Medical Center's lead in opening slots for new medical residents and is willing to put state taxpayer money behind such efforts, the governor's office and legislators say.
