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  • Memorial Hospital Receives Get with The Guidelines – Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

    GULFPORT, Miss. —Memorial Hospital Gulfport has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Memorial Hospital earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnos…

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  • Memorial Pediatrics Receives Fun Center from Michaels Stores

    The Gulf Coast Michaels stores received the best customer service rating in their district which gave them the opportunity to give back to a local hospital of their choice. Following the dedication, the group toured the pediatrics and neonatal intensive care units.  According to Starlight Children’s Foundation, for more than 25 years, Starlight Fun Center mobile entertainment units have provided entertainment, distraction and a sense of normalcy for hospitalized kids. Powered by the Nintendo’s Wii …

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  • Memorial Celebrates National Donate Life Month

    GULFPORT, Miss. —The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) will be on-site at Memorial Hospital Gulfport on Tuesday, April 17, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., in the Memorial parking garage atrium, to promote the importance of organ and tissue donation and to register donors. There are currently more than 115,000 people in America waiting for organ transplants. Each day approximately 22 people die waiting for an organ transplant that would have given them a second chance at life. In addition, each year hundreds…

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  • Memorial Hospital, UMMC Announce Pediatric Collaboration

    GULFPORT, Miss.— A new collaboration between Memorial Hospital Gulfport and Children’s of Mississippi will offer enhanced medical care to Gulf Coast children and families. This includes the planned acquisition of four of six Memorial pediatric clinics and a management arrangement for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Memorial.  The staff will remain the same at the Gulf Coast pediatric clinics located in Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Orange Grove, and Gulfport. New changes, coming March 26, wi…

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  • Memorial Hospital Reports Inadvertent Disclosure

    GULFPORT, Miss. —Memorial Hospital Gulfport has notified approximately 1,500 patients of an inadvertent disclosure of information, including patient names and internal (Memorial) encounter numbers, that was discovered during a routine internal audit. No financial information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, symptoms, nor other demographic information was disclosed.  The disclosure occurred in connection with the transmission of information within the hospital that was inadvertently sent to a…

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  • Memorial Names Fourth Quarter 2017 STAR Recipients

    GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital Gulfport has named the recipients of the Fourth Quarter 2017 Star awards—Memorial’s highest honor. STAR (Service, Teamwork, Attitude and Respect) recognizes outstanding customer service. STAR recipients attended a special award ceremony where they received gift certificates donated by the Memorial Auxiliary and gold pins to wear on their employee badges. The recipients are as follows: L-R (front row): Dr. Lainie Jorns, Family Practice Physicians; Logan Lizana, Cardia…

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  • Memorial Hospital Honors Auxiliary

    GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital honored its Auxiliary with a luncheon and awards ceremony on January 16 at the Great Southern Club in Gulfport. The ceremony began with a welcome from Lauren Santa Cruz, Manager, Memorial Community and Corporate Relations. Volunteers were recognized for completing individual service hours and for their tremendous contribution to the hospital exceeding $88,000. Their volunteer efforts, along with Gift Shop and vendor sales, support patient programs and employees at Memor…

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  • Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Memorial Behavioral Health

    GULFPORT, Miss. – Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) and Memorial Hospital Gulfport announce the sale of Memorial Behavioral Health (MBH) and expect to complete the transaction in the first quarter of 2018. MBH operates a 109-bed behavioral health facility for adults, adolescents and children, along with two outpatient clinics in Gulfport, Miss.  MBH offers a full continuum of professional services to help individuals and their families resolve and manage emotional and behavioral problem…

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  • Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees Elects Officers

    GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees elected officers at their annual meeting on Nov. 27. David White was elected Chairman; Linda Sherman, Vice-Chairman; and Gary Fredericks, Secretary/Treasurer. David White, of Gulfport, was appointed by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors in September 1993; Linda Sherman, of Gulfport, was appointed by the City of Gulfport in March 2010; and Gary Fredericks, of Gulfport, was appointed by the City of Gulfport June 2015. Other members of Memorial Hosp…

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