JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Leaders with the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center announced the hospital received official designation as a Mississippi Burn Center. This designation helps fill the hole that was left after the state's only burn center closed less than one year ago. "We're going to provide that care because it needs to be provided [.]
"Being designated as a trauma and burn center is a historic achievement for Mississippi Baptist Medical Center and the state of Mississippi,” said Bobbie Ware, CEO and administrator of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.
Quick action by Union County deputies to drag a man out of a brush fire Wednesday afternoon, April 19, saved him further injury and may have saved his life, Sheriff
The Mississippi State Department of Health says that the University of Mississippi Medical Center can potentially host a state burn center. Whether it actually has the qualifications to do so, however, is unclear. Mississippi’s only accredited burn center, housed at Merit Health Center in south Jackson, closed in October amid pandemic-related issues and staffing challenges. […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
Jackson, Mississippi health systems compete for state burn center title. UMMC approved but its physicians may not be suitably qualified, report claims.