Baptist mulling new hospital
OXFORD — Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi is in talks with local officials about buying its way out of a lease so that it can build a new $200-million regional hospital in Oxford.
Baptist CEO Don Hutson tells the Oxford Eagle that several possible sites for the new hospital after being studied.
In August, Oxford, Lafayette County and Baptist officials agreed to discuss the selling the current 217-bed hospital to the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and to allow Baptist to buy its way out of a lease with the city and county, which currently own the hospital.
The current lease doesn’t expire until 2034.
Close this Window Bookmark and Share This Page
Copy HTML:
If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.
![[Print]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/print.png)
![[Email]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/email_2.png)
![[RSS Feed]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/rssfeed.png)
![[del.icio.us]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/delicious.png)
![[Digg]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/digg.png)
![[Facebook]](http://msbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/facebook.png)
To sign up for Mississippi Business Daily Updates, click here.
Recent Posts
- Casinos voice concerns about offshore drilling leases
- Some CenterPoint Energy customers to see reduced gas bills
- Bomgar rolls out solution for Remedyforce platform
- EDP to match grant dollars for airport improvements
- Hood: State should see $47M from foreclosure settlement
- High water has Corps closely monitoring levees
- Bill to limit Hood’s power killed by procedural problem
- Holland: ‘Gulf of America’ bill a joke; some don’t get it
2011 MBJ BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR
2011 MBJ BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR: SURVIVING THE STORM
POST A COMMENT