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Winston Medical Center
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Total Number Of Beds : 120
Description
Our Mission
To continuously improve the health care of the people we serve
Our Vision
We want to be
The health care provider of choice for our citizens
One of the best health care facilities in Mississippi
Corporate Commitment
What we will do
Provide quality services at a fair price
Have a work environment that inspires and empowers people to perform to
their full potential
Be financially strong while demonstrating responsible stewardship of our
public trust
Continuously improve our position as a hospital by collaborating with health
care providers to increase the value of services
History
Winston Medical Center has been serving the communitys health care needs since 1958 Established under the name of Winston County Community Hospital the East Main facility replaced the Louisville Hospital located in downtown Louisville With the use of HillBurton state and local funds the 49bed hospital began accepting patients on Oct 1 1958
In 1972 a 40 bed Skilled Nursing Home was constructed and began accepting patients It was constructed utilizing state and local funds
The present modern three story 65bed facility began accepting patients in 1981 In 1995 a new addition to the radiology department added a Helical CAT Scanner to the services at WMC In 1999 a major renovation focused on the expansion of the Emergency Room and several ancillary departments The 6000 sqft addition included a new emergency room a large outpatientemergency department lobby expanded laboratory services respiratory services CCUICU and Endoscopy services In addition to the expansion the old emergency area was completely remodeled adding an additional 4 trauma beds
In 1983 the old 49bed hospital was renovated and converted into nursing home beds bringing the total number of nursing home beds to 82 Since 1983 additions to the nursing home have been made bringing the total number of beds to 120
In 1994 the Medical Center was leased from the County by the Winston County Medical Foundation a not for profit corporation
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