The University of Mississippi Medical Center received permission to care for burn patients, months after another hospital closed the only other burn center in the state.
The board of trustees of the state’s eight public universities met Thursday and approved the medical center’s request to operate a burn center on UMMC’s main campus in Jackson.
“This approval confirms our commitment to providing complex care to burn patients so they can receive timely care close to home and with the trusted expertise of Mississippi’s only academic medical center,” said Dr. Alan Jones, associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs, in a press release. “We want to keep burn care in Mississippi for Mississippians.”
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS OF NURSING REJECT STUDENTS AMID TEACHER SHORTAGE
Dr. Alan Jones, associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs and COVID-19 clinical response leader at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, speaks during a press conference in Jackson, MS on July 16, 2021.
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solís, File)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
A burn center at a Jackson hospital, Merit Health Central, closed in October. That facility had 13 burn intensive care rooms, 20 burn intensive care unit patient rooms, and a 12-room walk-in clinic.
State legislators previously ordered UMMC to establish a burn center. The medical center will work with the Mississippi State Department of Health to finalize accreditation for the Mississippi Burn Center, according to the news release.
