Recent news from the children's hospital
Salazar to direct Batson's comprehensive pediatric heart program - April 26, 2010
The Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children is set to establish its own comprehensive pediatric heart surgery program with the addition of Dr. Jorge Salazar.
Benton becomes state's first child abuse pediatrics subspecialist - April 12, 2010
Within state lines, Dr. Scott Benton is quite literally peerless. Benton, associate professor and chief of the Division of Pediatric Forensic Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been certified in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) newest subspecialty, child abuse pediatrics.
Ninth annual radiothon benefits children's hospital - March 1, 2010
Southgroup sponsors 5k run/walk for Friends of Children's Hospital - February 9, 2010
Comcast Foundation awards grant to Friends of Children's Hospital for Reach out and Read program - February 1, 2010
Local bank funds pediatric transport - January 18, 2010
Trustmark National Bank will be providing yearly funding for the newly-developed Pediatric Transport Service at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. The contribution was inspired by the bank's commitment to improving the quality of life in the communities in which they do business and in which its employees live, according to Melanie Morgan, senior vice president and director of corporate communications for Trustmark.
Toddler becomes 100th child to receive cochlear implants at UMMC - December 21, 2009
The thought of Courtland Collins experiencing a lifetime of silence was almost more than the infant's parents could bear
Pediatric patient first to receive specialized therapy in Mississippi - December 7, 2009
Born 10 days late, it seemed JaNiya Crayton was just waiting for the right moment to arrive.
UMMC faculty separate wisdom from superstition behind old wives' tales - November 23, 2009
Nowadays, when someone needs advice on child-rearing, he or she is likely to go to the Internet and enter a term or two into a search engine. Long before modern medicine and a generation before instant access to a wealth of electronic knowledge, the keepers of health and well-being wisdom were those with life experience in these things - parents, grandparents or wise community elders.
Online updates tracked condition of 12-year-old Maggie Lee Henson - October 26, 2009
A phone call that should have been just one of thousands between a mother and daughter turned into the last conversation 12-year-old Maggie Lee Henson and her mom, Jinny, would ever have.
Junior League rocks as years roll - September 14, 2009
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the League's longest-running project, Rockin' Mamas - women who volunteer in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Winfred L. Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants.
Super Bowl XLII MVP dedicates $2.5 million children's clinics - July 13, 2009
Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, along with his parents, Archie and Olivia, and other dignitaries were on hand at the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony and toured the $2.5 million facility June 26.
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