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In late July 2023, before the Health Department updated its Directory of Mississippi Facilities removing Patient’s Choice, the hospital was listed as having 29 general acute care beds, 10 of which were in a geriatric psychiatric unit. Credit: Pam Dankins/Mississippi Today

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State Health Department was unaware a hospital had closed, a proposed rule change could keep that from happening again
By PAM DANKINS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sat,09/30/23-4:42PM , 536 Reads 7,757 Statewide
Hospitals must give a 30-day notice about closure or the discontinuing of services, under a Mississippi State Department of Health proposed rule.
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State’s suicide rate climbed to 20-year high – ‘these are someone’s loved ones’
By PAM DANKINS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,09/29/23-11:34AM , 525 Reads 6,547 Statewide
Mississippi’s suicide rate in 2021 reached its highest level in 20 years, based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System.
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Leflore County Supervisor Reginald Moore talks about the Greenwood Leflore Hospital on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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County supervisors reverse course, give $3 million to Greenwood Leflore Hospital
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/28/23-12:22PM , 1,216 Reads 9,436 Statewide
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors, almost two weeks after rejecting Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s request to draw $1 million from its $10 million line of credit, approved giving the hospital $3 million on Monday night.

The vote was unanimous, according to The Greenwood Commonwealth.
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Family nurse practitioner Kristi H. Goodson talks with Karla Beard, a registered nurse with the Choctaw County School District, during a telehealth call at the C Spire corporate building in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, September 21, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Few schools utilizing telehealth program, but administrators hope to ramp up
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/28/23-11:08AM , 1,442 Reads 12,237 Statewide
Most school districts only used the state’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive results.
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