Rep. Sam Mims Awarded State Legislator of the Year by Rural Health Association
State Representative Sam Mims, District 97, was recently awarded the Mississippi Rural Health Association’s ‘State Legislator of the Year Award.’ This award is presented to one lawmaker each year for his or her work to advance healthcare policy in support of rural Mississippi.
Published on Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Rural renewal: Small-town medicine delivers for Indianola doc
Dr. Katie Patterson is an 11 percenter – among the few physicians in the country who provide care in rural communities, where 20 percent of the population lives. A 2003 School of Medicine graduate, Patterson decided as a student to practice in Sunflower County after helping deliver a baby there. “I knew then that this was something I had to do,” she said. “I was going to be Doc Hollywood.”
Published on Monday, November 2, 2020
Delta Regional Medical Center is now Delta Health System
Scott Christensen, Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) Chief Executive Officer, has announced that the DRMC Board of Directors adopted a resolution officially renaming Delta Regional Medical Center and its affiliated clinics and medical specialty services to Delta Health System. The name change comes after several years of strategic due diligence by the hospital leadership.
Published on Tuesday, September 8, 2020
