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Singing River Hospital
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- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Family Practice
- Gastro-enterology
- General Surgeon
- Gynaecology
- Hematologist
- Internal Medicine
- Maxillofacial Surgery
- Neuro Surgeon
- Neurologist
- Obestetrician/Gynecologist
- Oncologist
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Otolaryngologist
- Pain Management
- Psychiatrist
- Pulmonology
- Urology
- Vascular Surgeon
Total Number Of Beds : 435
Other Facilities
- Pathology
Description
Our Mission
Singing River Health System exists to improve the quality of life in our community by delivering worldclass health care and wellness services
Our Vision
The vision of Singing River Health System is to be a worldclass health system performing among the nations very best in the areas of clinical quality patient satisfaction employee and physician relations community service and stewardship
History
History
Singing River Hospital originally known as Jackson County Hospital was the first communityowned and operated hospital in the State of Mississippi
19301931 Construction on the original hospital began in 1930 and was completed by early 1931
On February 1 1931 Jackson County Hospital opens to the public with a 23bed capacity and a medical staff of eight
19311959 To meet the medical needs of the community over the next 28 years the original Jackson County Hospital constructs two major additions that increases its bed capacity to 75
1959 The System completes a replacement facility which increases capacity to 122 beds and the facilitys name changes to Singing River Hospital
1966 Singing River Hospital opens the first 24hour physicianstaffed Emergency Department in the state one of the first six of its kind in the United States
1968 Ocean Springs Hospital opens as a 34bed satellite facility in western Jackson County
1972 Addition to Ocean Springs Hospital
1977 Addition to Ocean Springs Hospital
1982 First Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit on the Mississippi Gulf Coast opens at Singing River Hospital
1987 Singing River Hospital brings the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI System to the Mississippi Gulf Coast
1993 Comprehensive heart surgery program begins at Singing River Hospital
1994 The Regional Cancer Center opens at Singing River Hospital bringing comprehensive cancer care to Jackson County
1997 A stateoftheart Womens and Childrens Floor opens at Ocean Springs Hospital
2002 A new 12bed Intensive Care Unit opens bringing the total number of beds at Ocean Springs Hospital to 136
2002 The Systems Heart Program expands to Ocean Springs Hospital with a new alldigital Cardiac Catheterization Lab the first of its kind in the state
2003 The Regional Cancer Center at Singing River Hospital becomes the first facility on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to perform Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
2004 The Regional Cancer Center becomes the first facility in south Mississippi to introduce Telesynergyreg technology allowing the Hospital System to videoconference and exchange data with other health care institutions throughout the nation and the world
20052006 For two years in a row Singing River Health System is named one of Solucients 100 Top Performance Improvement Leaders in the nation
2007 Singing River Health System is one of two sites in the nation chosen to host an Action Learning Lab in coordination with the American Hospital Associations Health Research and Educational Trust HRET
NC Womens Hospital is identified as BabyFriendly
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The Oppressed Women
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