Patients seek care at field hospital in Rolling Fork after tornado
ROLLING FORK – The University of Mississippi Medical Center worked with the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to deploy a mobile field hospital to Rolling Fork after tornadoes devastated the state’s Delta and northern regions on March 24. The fully operational mobile field hospital will serve as a temporary home […]
In last ditch effort to stay open, Holly Springs hospital ends inpatient care
Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs is Mississippi’s first rural emergency hospital – the first in a trend some say indicates the further decline of health care access in the one of the country’s poorest and sickest states. Hospitals were able to apply for the new federal designation mere weeks ago, when the Mississippi Department […]
Field hospital to open in Rolling Fork after tornado left town’s health care facilities in shambles
Rolling Fork residents devastated by last week’s fatal tornadoes that destroyed the town’s main health care centers and damaged other parts of the state will soon have better access to doctors at a new field hospital. Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital lost power and had its emergency room “blown off” among other severe damages, said Charles […]
Department of Health will choose state’s next burn center, Legislature says
Finally, the Legislature has come to a conclusion about the state’s next burn center — and they’ve decided not to make a decision at all. House Bill 1626, which details how much is appropriated to the Mississippi State Department of Health, passed both chambers on Thursday. The bill allocates $4 million toward the state’s next burn […]
Jackson County selects Catholic nonprofit as Singing River hospital’s new owner
Jackson County’s Board of Supervisors announced Monday it chose Louisiana Catholic nonprofit Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System to purchase the Gulf Coast’s Singing River Health System. The decision comes after an extensive proposal period in which potential buyers put in bids for the Mississippi hospital system. Singing River CEO Tiffany Murdock announced last […]
Belzoni to Rolling Fork to Greenville: One mom’s mission to get her son medical help after the tornadoes
Tameka Myles was at work Friday evening when she got the call every mother dreads. “You need to get here,” her neighbor in Rolling Fork said. “Jay is hurt pretty bad.” Immediately, Myles got in her Nissan Maxima with a coworker and raced home, with one thing on her mind: her son. Myles knew the […]
How much will your hospital receive in state grant money?
Mississippi hospital leaders have been begging for help for months, and the Legislature has answered the call — though some advocates and lawmakers say it’s not nearly enough. Both chambers on Tuesday approved a $103.7 million grant program that will be split by Mississippi’s struggling hospitals. The pandemic weakened the state’s already-stressed health care infrastructure […]
Remember Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s plan to save hospitals? Here’s where those bills stand.
At the beginning of the 2023 legislative session, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced a plan to save Mississippi’s failing rural hospitals. The first-term Senate leader proposed a hodgepodge of grants and programs including four bills costing upwards of $100 million that would grant extra money to hospitals, remove legal barriers to consolidating small hospitals and […]
Reeves vetoes health insurance bills that experts, watchdogs say would help consumers
Gov. Tate Reeves last week axed two health care bills that passed the Legislature with bipartisan support and that health experts say could improve health care. Senate Bill 2622 would have sped up the prior authorization process, which insurance companies use to tell providers whether a drug or procedure is covered for certain patients. Reeves […]
The death of rural hospitals could leave Mississippians ‘sick, sick, sick’
GREENWOOD – Only a few dozen cars sit in Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s parking lot. The hospital’s windows, streaked with purple paint, read, “Stay strong!” Another one says, “We love our patients!” Behind the glass, magazines sit untouched on side tables — the lobby is vacant. Greenwood Leflore is the community’s only hospital, and it’s months away […]