GULFPORT — Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR says while Gulfport expressed an interest in this, none of the cities have told AMR that they want to start [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: ambulance, case, court, first responder, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, medical, medicine, public health, trial
HATTIESBURG — Forrest General Hospital and AAA Ambulance Service have denied any wrongdoing in response to a lawsuit contending they steered patients away from Wesley Medical Center. The Hattiesburg American reports the companies filed their response to the lawsuit this past week in federal court in Hattiesburg. Wesley sued AAA and Forrest General Hospital in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 3,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency, engineering, first responder, flood, flooding, geotechnical, higher education, natural disaster, response, state agency, university
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has funded a University of Mississippi project to assist local emergency response agencies in the Delta in preparing for flood-related disasters. “Flood Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Associated with Mississippi River Levees” is a $470,776 study that began in June 2011 and continues through April 2013. Geological and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 2,2012
Tags: ATM, construction, first responder, general store, goods, groundbreaking, indians, Native Americans, retail, shop, shopper, shopping, spa, tribe
BOGUE CHITTO — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Big Creek General Store Sept. 22 in Bogue Chitto. The 5,200-square-foot retail facility will include a general store, fuel center, bait shop, laundromat, fitness center, ATM and a satellite first responder’s office to house security, police and emergency personnel. The [...] [...]
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