The University of Mississippi Medical Center has opened the doors of a new facility designed to provide health services to mothers and newborns. The $37.7 million, six-story facility on the Jackson campus has 160 beds and offers tertiary health services for women and for newborns in the first few months of life.
Dr. Wallace Conerly, the university's vice chancellor, called the new, state-of-the-art hospital — the Dr. Winfred L. Wiser Hospital — a vital addition to health services in the state.
In addition to transferring many women's and infants' services from the main hospital, UMC's neonatal intensive care unit is moving into the center as well. The new hospital also offers specialized care for newborns in such areas as surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology and infectious diseases.
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