The McGehee-Desha County Hospital is a general acute care hospital with thirty-four beds. There are 180 more beds in a twenty-five mile radius. The hospital in McGehee has eight cardiac monitor beds, four monitoring beds in the intensive care care unit, special respiratory and physical therapy equipment, full diagnostic services and laboratory and imaging. Full psychiatric and drug rehab services are available through Delta Counseling Associates. Southeast Arkansas Home Health Agencies, affiliated with the hospital, services five counties in Southeast Arkansas. The Home Health Agency is accredited by JCHO.

Southern Heritage is a skilled-care facility with a full schedule of daily activities. The Tracy Scott Memorial Physical Therapy unit is a recent addition to the nursing home facility.

There are three doctors, a dentist, four pharmacists and an optometrist in the immediate area.