University of Mississippi Medical Center to Take Control of Greenwood Leflore Hospital

University of Mississippi Medical Center to take control of Greenwood Leflore Hospital

GREENWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) – The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved a plan for the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take control of Greenwood Leflore Hospital beginning Aug. 1. The financially struggling hospital in the Mississippi Delta may receive another lifeline through the takeover. Greenwood City Council President Ronnie Stevenson said the takeover could help preserve critical healthcare services for residents acr…

IHL board allows UMMC to receive donation of Greenwood Leflore Hospital property

Greenwood Leflore Hospital has cleared one major hurdle in completing a transfer of its ownership to another operator.

UMMC takeover of Greenwood Leflore Hospital clears hurdle amid funding dispute

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take control of Greenwood Leflore Hospital, potentially providing a lifeline to the medical facility that has been at the heart of the state’s healthcare crisis. The 12-member board signed off on a proposal to allow all GLH property to be donated to UMMC, meaning the state’s lone academic medical s…