NEWS

Signed, sealed: BMH sells Hashmi family plans to develop Central Hospital of Bowie

Published

11 years ago

03/23/2016

Bowie Hospital Authority Chairman Tim Winn signs the sales agreement as director Margaret Long looks on. The board approved the sale Monday. (Photo by Barbara Green)

By BARBARA GREEN

The new Central Hospital of Bowie is in the works as the sales agreement for the former Bowie Memorial Hospital was signed by both parties on Monday.

Tim Winn, chairman of the Bowie Hospital Authority board, and Dr. Hasan F. Hashmi, representing the Bowie Real Estate Holdings, L.P., signed the deal during Monday’s board meeting.

It was the culmination of a month’s worth of negotiations with the Hashmi group to purchase the hospital for $1.5 million.

On Feb. 19, the board accepted the bid for the hospital, followed by Hashmi providing the sales agreement and the 10 percent earnest money and asset verification to complete the deal. The final weeks were spent finalizing the legal aspects.

The Hashmi family has been involved with the sale of the hospital since last November when it was one of two bidders for the hospital. The board at that time opted to go with the Brough Group’s bid, but that group was never able to fulfill any of the requirements of the bid.

When bids were sought once more, the Hashmi group again submitted and was accepted. Dr. Hashmi is chairman of the board of directors for Texas General Hospital, which operates two hospitals in Texas located in Grand Prairie and Grand Saline. He also is president of Texas Trident LLC and president of ACO Medical PLLC.

His son, Hasan Faraz Hashmi, chief executive officer of TGH, has been a familiar face at the local hospital in recent weeks working closely with the remaining crew at the hospital to start cleaning the facility and doing paperwork to begin the transfer ownership of the state license.

Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller said they are looking at a target date of May 16 for the closing, and Hashmi hopes to be close reopening shortly thereafter.

Read the full story in the mid-week News.

Pictured: Members of the board and guests at the meeting toast to the sale of the hospital to Dr. Hasan F. Hashmi during Monday’s board meeting. (Photo by Barbara Green) Also see related vieo posted on the page of Dr. Hashmi’s remarks to the board.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

52 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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Montague County voters joined the rest of the state with a tremendous turnout in Tuesday’s elections.
The elections administration office reported with all 10 precincts counted a turnout of 56.01% or 8,732 casting ballots. There are 15,591 registered voters in the county.
While there were no county contested races, there were two city council and two school board elections.
The Bowie City Council has three places on the ballot. Laura Sproles, incumbent, was not challenged for her place two.
Levi Bailey won the precinct one seat with 925 votes. Valerie Thomerson received 328 votes.
In precinct three, Terry Gunter won with 1,027 votes and Glenda Durham was second with 383

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

NEWS

Nocona teen dies after apolice chase

Published

59 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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A 15-year-old Nocona boy was killed in a crash following a law enforcement pursuit just after midnight on Nov. 1.
Sgt. Aaron Brandle, public information officer with the Montague County Sheriff’s office, said the crash occurred on Nov. 1 at around 12:21 a.m.
The vehicle in the pursuit crashed in the 3600 block of Cardwell Road in Montague County. The juvenile was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was ejected as a result of the crash.
The release states responding law enforcement personnel immediately initiated life-saving measures at the scene. The juvenile was subsequently transported to Nocona General Hospital, where despite continued life-saving efforts, he was pronounced deceased.

While the authorities have not publicly identified the deceased, several community efforts have been launched to assist the family of AR “Mando” Alcantar, a sophomore at Nocona High School. Students and staff also have taken steps to remember the popular young man.

A Gofundme account also has been sent up under the name Small Town, Big Hearts – Help support the Alcantar Family. It was organized by Kelsey Cabrera.

(Top photo – AR “Mando” Alcantar)

Read the full report in the Thursday Bowie News.

The Bowie News staff apologizes for the error in spelling of the the young man’ s name in the print edition. It stated “Mondo” and that was incorrect. We did not find the error until after press time.