After nearly 10 years, hospital ED returns to Miss. county [Video]

By Caleb McCluskeyNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal

TUPELO, Miss. — Thursday marked the grand reopening of Chickasaw County’s only emergency room after nearly a decade without emergency care.

Progressive Health of Houston, formerly known as Trace Regional Medical Center, reopened its doors Thursday afternoon under new management by the Oxford-based healthcare company Progressive Health Group, bringing emergency services back to the county.

Chickasaw County is home to 16,812 Mississippians.

“Our primary objective was to restore emergency services to Houston and the neighboring communities,” Progressive Health Group CEO Quentin Whitwell said in a written statement. “We’re thrilled to announce that we have successfully reopened the ER and can now offer these crucial services to the community.”

Trace Regional Hospital closed its 24-hour emergency room in 2014, leaving residents with little choice but to drive to either Baptist Memorial Hospital in Calhoun County or Monroe Regional Hospital in Monroe County for emergency care. Both are nearly half an hour away from Houston, the seat of Chickasaw …