Diabetes Event
AgriLife Extension Agent Johanna Hicks is involved in several events in the months ahead. There will be a Diabetes Academy Wednesday at the Extension Office starting at 9:30 a.m. Ms. Hicks says a diabetic’s educator will be available for an hour or hour and a half to answer questions about diabetes. There is no charge.
Today is the “65th Anniversary for Hopkins County Memorial Hospital
Today is the “65th Anniversary for Hopkins County Memorial Hospital”. We have served our community since September 4, 1949. We want to thank the community for their continued support of our medical community. The hospital continues to grow with new providers and services and strives to meet the needs of our growing community. Thank you.
To: Michael McAndrew from Chelsey Tippit, RN
Mr. McAndrew – I am just now getting to check my email after returning to work from being out for a couple of weeks. My husband was one of the men injured in the Thermo Mine incident on 8/13/14 that you had sent an email out about. I just wanted to reply to your message and let you know that he received exceptional care while he was at HCMH. Everyone was very compassionate and worked as hard as possible to get him and the other...
Wound Care at Memorial Received the Healogics Center of Distinction Award
Thursday afternoon the doctors and staff of Wound Care at Memorial received the Healogics Center of Distinction Award in recognition of excellent healing outcomes, high patient satisfaction and outstanding clinical performance for the past two years. In presenting the award to Drs. Bill Dietze and Dr. Duchamp, physicians for Wound Care at Memorial, Chanda Fulghium, stated that the local Wound Care center has a 98% cure rate and...
Hospital Approves Deficit Budget
Prior to voting for a deficit budget and a tax rate increase, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board member Suzanne Bankston said she was unhappy. She said she would vote for the budget as the very best that they could do but she added the board needed to look for major ways to make major revisions in the budget. Ms. Bankston said the board needed to determine what services they could deliver and which ones might be best done by...
Leesa Toliver Talks About “The Lights of Life” Half Marathon
There was a large photo op Tuesday at 6 p.m. as members of the Lights of Life Gala Committee posed in The Gardens at Memorial. Co-chairs for the Lights of Life and Gala are Brian and Leesa Toliver. Ms. Toliver said this year’s Gala would have a Great Gatsby theme. The Gala despite being months away is already sold out. Other Lights of Life events will include a Half Marathon on September 20 and a Style Show at Lou Nell’s. [pb_vidembed...
Hospital Board Adopts Deficit Budget
The Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board adopted a deficit budget for the second straight year at a meeting Monday night. The budget is almost $2.5-million in the red. The board also raised the tax rate 3.63-cents to a maximum 25-cents per $100 valuation. The board scheduled two public hearings on the tax rate: on September 8 and September 15 at noon each day. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
