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Mississippi has a burn center again after the University of Mississippi Medical Center established the Mississippi Burn Center on its campus in Jackson. The state has not had a burn center since last October, when the JMS Burn Center at Merit Health Central in Jackson closed its doors.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said the state is “in a crisis mode here on the short term” when he addressed the problem of hospital closures at a Jan. 3, 2022, press conference.
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