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Highland Community Hospital will grow along with community.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 15-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Highland Community Hospital will grow along with community.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
Highland Community Hospital in Picayune has a good problem. It is in one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, and the healthcare facility must grow to serve the increasing population.

Pearl River County, located near the population center of Slidell/New Orleans, La., experienced slow growth for many years as residents from the neighboring state chose to retire or re-locate to the South Mississippi area. Following Hurricane Katrina, the area had a tremendous growth spurt, and the hospital is keeping up with that growth. A new facility has been in the works for the former Crosby Memorial Hospital for some time, but is more pressing now.

"We always had people retire here from New Orleans, and it was hard to get them to come to a 50-year-old...

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