The Durant news., 1948-01-08
Wynn Heads New Administration

19 Hospitals, II Health
Centers Given Tentative
Commission Approval
Duront Hospital. Holmes
Health Center included
The Commission on Hospital Care,
at a special call meeting, reviewed
the first years construction program
allocating all OF the first years fed
eral grant and more than half OF the
state money available for hospital
construction. Seventeen hospitals
and twelve health departments in n
counties Of the state have now been
granted a total Of approximately
| $5,3OO,O00.00 of state and federal
money which. with local funds Of ap-
proximately $2,000000.00, makes the
total of construction now approved
approximately $7300.000.00.
The Commission also tentatively
approved the second years con-
struction program, applications for
which are now on hand or in pro-
cess, for a total of $6,423,000.00. The
second years construction program
includes 10 hospitals and II health
departments, located as follows:
Newton County Hospital. 40 beds,
$328,50O; Durant Community Hospi-
tai. Is beds, 238.460; Greenwood Le-
flore Hospital, ITS beds, 100000; jeff
Davis County Hospital. Prentiss. 80
beds. 235,O00; Gloster Clinic. 4 beds,
48,340; Issaquena-Sharkey County
Hospital, Rolling Fork. Is, 2l8,70O;
Yalobusha County Hospital. Water
Valley. 80 beds, $4,000; Claiborne
County Hospital, Port Gibson, Is
beds. 250,O00; Wayne County Hospi-
tai, Waynesboro, Is beds. 250000;
Stone County Hospital, Virgins. 20
beds. 100000; Tunica County Hospi-
tai. Tunica. 80 beds, 100000; Coving-
ton County Hospital, Collins, 80 beds,
100000; Harrison County Hospital,
Gulfport. 100 beds, 100000; Webster
County Hospital, Eupora. Is beds,
25O.OOO; Coahoma County Hospital
Clarksdale, 125 beds, 535,000; Madi-
son County Hospital, Canton. 10O
beds, 100000; Jones County Hospi-
tai, Laurel, 1875 beds, 100000; North
Mississippi Hospital, Holly Springs
Is beds, 234,OOO; Washington County
Hospital Greenville, 300 beds, 600,-
900; Leflore County Health Center
100000; Sunflower County Health
Center, $4,000; Oktibbeha County
Health Center, $4,000; Neshoba Co
unity Health Center, $4,000; George
County Health Center, $4,000; Har-
rison County Health Center, 35,000
Jeff Davis County Health Center
5000; Adams County Health Cen
ter, $4,000; Stone County Health
Center, 25,O00; Holmes County Heal
tn Center, $4,000; Yazoo County
Health Center. $4,000.
The second years construction pro-
gram is contingent upon receiving
the second years federal grant on
July /, l948, the reappropriation OF
approximately $2.000000.00 of state
funds. and the appropriation of an
additional $5,000.00000 in new state
money.
The five-year federal construction
program will provide $12,000,000.0 .0C
in federal funds. The $5,000,00000 ap-
propriated at the last session of the
legislature plus the $5,000,000.00 tc
be requested of this legislature will
match approximately S10,000000 OF
the total expected federal grant
Local communities are now raising
the approximately $10,000000 local
funds needed as the construction pro-
gram is on the basis of approximately
one-third federal, one-third state
and one-third local funds.
January being the annual period
for the election of officers, the Com
mission reelected Mr.. J. o. Slaughter
of Columbus, chairman; DR.. Henry
Boswell of Sanatorium, vice-chair-
man; and Mr.. Owen Cooper, Jackson
secretary, to serve until January
l949.
In addition to a review of the
hospital construction program, the
Commission received a report or
the Blue Cross disqualification Pro
gram, which is now underway an6
hospital policies for which are being
issued.
DR. w. Lawson Shackelford was
reappointed chairman of the eXecu'
tive committee, which includes also
Mr.. Owen Cooper, DR.. F. j. Under.
wood and DR.. Henry Boswell.
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