Keesler Medical Center could be open in January
BILOXI, Miss. Hurricane Katrina-damaged Keesler Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi, could open its doors to outpatients in January.
Brigadier General William Lord says the facility could resume surgeries and in-patient care in March.
The medical center, which is used by about 56-thousand military retirees and active duty personnel, was flooded during Katrina.
Lord, speaking yesterday to a Biloxi Chamber of Commerce meeting, said in-patient care would return once repairs are made to surgical sections of the hospital.
The Air Force already has sent 20 (M) million dollars to begin repairs.
Lord says the Air Force also will resume its graduate medical education program, which trains about 100 doctors and nurses per year, once the patients return.
Those medical students transferred to Wilford Hall at Lackland Air Force Base at San Antonio for training, until they can return to Keesler.
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Brigadier General William Lord says the facility could resume surgeries and in-patient care in March.
The medical center, which is used by about 56-thousand military retirees and active duty personnel, was flooded during Katrina.
Lord, speaking yesterday to a Biloxi Chamber of Commerce meeting, said in-patient care would return once repairs are made to surgical sections of the hospital.
The Air Force already has sent 20 (M) million dollars to begin repairs.
Lord says the Air Force also will resume its graduate medical education program, which trains about 100 doctors and nurses per year, once the patients return.
Those medical students transferred to Wilford Hall at Lackland Air Force Base at San Antonio for training, until they can return to Keesler.
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