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Memorial Offers Free Asthma Educational Program

For Immediate Release July 30, 2008 GULFPORT—Memorial is offering a free asthma educational program. Asthma: Risk Factors, Diagnosis & Treatment will be held on August 12 at 3 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in the Private Dining Room. Respiratory therapists wi

Summer Camp Gives Students an Opportunity to Explore Healthcare Careers

For Immediate Release June 25, 2008 Local high school students completed the seventh Summer Health Camp sponsored by Memorial Hospital. The free two-week camp provides orientation to healthcare careers. Camp Counselors were Memorial School Clinic Nurses C

Memorial Employees Kick-Off the American Heart Association Start! Walking Program

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2008 GULFPORT, Miss.— For the second year, Memorial is sponsoring the American Heart Association Start! Walking program to encourage local employers and their employees to begin walking. Memorial kicked-off it’s Start! progr

Memorial Hosts National Cancer Survivors Day Event

For Immediate Release May 21, 2008 GULFPORT—Memorial Hospital Gulfport will host Laughter is the Best Medicine”

Celebrate Better Hearing and Speech Month This May with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

For Immediate Release May 13, 2008 GULFPORT—Since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has celebrated Better Hearing and Speech Month each May to raise public awareness of speech and language disorders that affect 14 million Americans. F

Memorial Auxiliary Awards Scholarships

For Immediate Release April 22, 2008 Memorial Hospital Auxiliary awarded a total of $60,000 for scholarships to the University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast, William Carey University on the Coast, Pearl River Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast

Gulfport Hospitals Implementing Tobacco-Free Campus Policies

Two Gulfport hospitals have joined hospitals across Mississippi in a statewide effort to become tobacco-free. Both Garden Park Medical Center and Memorial Hospital Gulfport are going tobacco-free on May 1, 2008. As of that date, no smoking will be perm

Memorial Announces STAR Recipients

For Immediate Release March 31, 2008 Memorial’s new recognition program, STAR, honors employees, volunteers and physicians who demonstrate ,,,

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Memorial Volunteer Program Receives AHA Award

For Immediate Release February 12, 2008 The American Hospital Association (AHA) honored Memorial Hospital Auxiliary with the 2007 Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence (HAVE). The AHA HAVE Awards Program is in its 24th year and highlights the extraordin

Memorial Remains Coast Consumers First Choice

For Immediate Release February 7, 2008 The National Research Corporation (NRC) has recognized Memorial Hospital among the nation’s top hospitals as a 2007-2008 Consumer Choice Award winner. This award identifies hospitals which healthcare consumers chose