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Hospital opens Pediatric Surgery Center; claims only one in state

MBJ Staff — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:30:55 +0000

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 [...]

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Hospital’s attorneys tell justices they can prove their case

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:41:40 +0000

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 [...]

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St Dominic, HMA back in court over outpatient clinic

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:08:34 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a lawsuit involving St. Dominic Health Systems’ efforts to buy an outpatient clinic in Madison County. A judge ruled against St. Dominic in 2011. In 2008, St. Dominic agreed to buy the ambulatory surgery center for $800,000. Although the center was no longer in [...]

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Fall at Capitol may have saved lawmaker’s life

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:09:59 +0000

CARTHAGE — Mississippi Rep. Bennett Malone was in surgery yesterday for a pelvic aneurysm. Malone, a 69-year-old Democrat from Carthage, was hospitalized last week after he fell down stairs at the state Capitol. His wife, Theresa Malone, says the fall inadvertently may have saved his life, because a cautionary MRI revealed the large aneurysm. She [...]

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Trial date set for fatal buttocks implant case

Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:53:33 +0000

JACKSON — A suspect charged in Mississippi with the cosmetic buttocks injection blamed in the death of a Georgia woman has been set for trial in April. WLBT-TV reports Tracey Lynn Garner, also known as Morris Garner, is set for trial April 8 in Hinds County Circuit Court. Garner is one of two people have [...]

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More details released on illegal, fatal buttocks implant

Associated Press — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:35:31 +0000

JACKSON — Court records say the Georgia woman who died after an illegal buttocks implant in Mississippi was told that the procedure would be performed by a medical professional, but authorities and testimony show that it was given by a floral and interior designer with no training or license. Two people have been charged in [...]

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Another charged with murder in illegal buttocks implant case

Associated Press — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:57:50 +0000

JACKSON — A second person faces a charge of murdering a Georgia woman who died from an illegal buttocks implant in Mississippi in March, authorities said. The Mississippi attorney general’s office said in a news release that 39-year-old Natasha Stewart of Memphis, Tenn., was arrested Jan. 3. The release said she waived extradition and will [...]

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Hearing set for man charged with murder after illegal buttocks implant

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:17:46 +0000

JACKSON — A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for a Mississippi man charged with depraved-heart murder after performing an illegal buttocks implant that killed a Georgia woman. Morris Garner, who has had gender-changing surgeries and goes by the name Tracey Lynn Garner, is charged with doing the procedure in March at a house in Jackson. [...]

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Study ranks River Oaks second in nation for spinal procedure

MBJ Staff — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:44:56 +0000

FLOWOOD — River Oaks Hospital has received the nation’s second-highest ranking among hospitals performing spine discectomy, or the surgical removal of herniated discs that are pressing on a nerve or the spinal cord. River Oaks was also ranked 21st on the list of the nation’s top 25 hospitals in the area of spine fusion, a [...]

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River Oaks physician performs new surgery for first time in state

MBJ Staff — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:18:31 +0000

FLOWOOD — River Oaks Hospital reports it is pioneering the use of a minimally invasive surgical device to treat the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Dr. Winston Capel, a neurosurgeon, has performed the state’s first SI joint fusion surgery at River Oaks Hospital using the minimally-invasive iFuse Implant System, according to the hospital. Capel, who according to [...]

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