by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, hospital, insurance, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, low income, medical, medicine, politician, Politics, poor, public health, uninsured
JACKSON — Two lawmakers who spoke at a press luncheon yesterday disagreed about whether Mississippi should expand Medicaid, reflecting the partisan split that left the health program in limbo when the House and Senate ended their three-month session last week. Democratic Sen. David Blount, of Jackson, said adding an estimated 300,000 people to Medicaid — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: ale, board of supervisors, Commercial Real Estate, county government, health, health care, hospital, inverstment, law, medical, medicine, real estate, sell, state government, supervisor
COLUMBUS — Lowndes County will have more flexibility to invest funds from the sale of a local hospital under a bill signed by Gov. Phil Bryant. The Commercial Dispatch reports the county had invested the $30 million it received from the 2001 sale of the county hospital in a certificate of deposit. The 5.2 percent [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 4,2013
Tags: build, building, children, construction, facility, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, pediatric, surgery
FLOWOOD — River Oaks Hospital has opened what it claims is the state’s only free standing Pediatric Surgery Center in Flowood. The Pediatric Surgery Center is specifically designed to perform same-day procedures for children ages three months to 19 years of age. The center will be used by physicians from a variety of specialties from [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: backup power, contractor, electricity, health, health care, hospital, lights, main power, medical, medicine, power, security
GULFPORT — A contractor working at Memorial Hospital cut the main power line to the facility, resulting in a power outage yesterday at approximately 7:58 a.m., according to a release from the hospital. At that time, a main circuit breaker was damaged, which delayed the activation of the hospital’s standby generator power. By 9:10 a.m., [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, clinic, contract, court, health, health care, hospital, judicial, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, medical, medicine, outpatient, surgery, trial
CANTON — St. Dominic Health Systems can prove during a trial that it has a binding contract to buy an outpatient surgery clinic in Canton that was improperly sold to a competitor, attorneys for the hospital system told the state Supreme Court yesterday. St. Dominic attorney Sheldon Alston told the high court that a Madison [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 25,2013
Tags: bid, build, builder, building, construction, contract, contractor, demolish, demolition, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, renovation
JACKSON — Brasfield & Gorrie was recently awarded a multi-phase nursing unit renovation project at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. The project will consist of the complete demolition and renovation of approximately 156,000 square feet of existing nursing units. The cost of the project was not disclosed. Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie will work with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: damage, hail, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, mental health, psychiatric, storm, Weather
WHITFIELD — An official says hail damage could exceed more than $1 million at Mississippi’s primary psychiatric hospital and a nearby facility for people with developmental disabilities. The Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield and the Hudspeth Regional Center in Rankin County were hit hard by Monday’s storm. Now a race is on to patch up [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 18,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, Board of Trustees, county government, health, health care, hospital, law, legal, medical, medicine, settlement, supervisor, trustee
NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors expects to meet this week with Natchez Regional Medical Center’s board of trustees. Supervisors tell The Natchez Democrat the meeting is at the request of the hospital board, and will be used to discuss the county-owned hospital’s plans for the future and might include discussions of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: annex, bench, Commercial Real Estate, construction, court, health, health care, hospital, judge, land, law, legal, medical, medicine, property
OXFORD — A Lafayette County judge has ruled that the land that a company has selected as the location of its new $300-million hospital will be included in the Oxford city limits. Since Chancery Judge Ed Roberts approved the annexation last month, some objectors have dropped out of the case, but three others — Kenneth [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: campaign, capital, death, fundraiser, fundraising, health, health care, hospice, hospital, medical, medicine
HATTIESBURG — Forrest General Hospital plans to open a 12-patient hospice facility for the terminally ill by mid-2015. The Hattiesburg American reports the Hospice House of South Mississippi will be built on five acres of donated land. Officials with the Forrest General Healthcare Foundation announced a capital campaign to raise $5 million to build the [...] [...]
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