UMMC Congenital Heart Surgery Team Bests National Averages in Two Years

JACKSON, Miss. – As it marks its two-year anniversary this month, the congenital heart surgery team at Batson Children’s Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has reason to celebrate. Not only is the program thriving with more than 550 operations completed, but the outcomes of those procedures are better than the national averageRead the story …

UMMC Congenital Heart Surgery Team Bests National Averages in Two Years

JACKSON, Miss. – As it marks its two-year anniversary this month, the congenital heart surgery team at Batson Children’s Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has reason to celebrate. Not only is the program thriving with more than 550 operations completed, but the outcomes of those procedures are better than the national averageRead the story …

Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning Visits Batson Children’s Hospital

New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning visited sick and injured kids at Batson Children’s Hospital in April 2012. The two-time Super Bowl MVP is no stranger to Mississippi’s only children’s hospital. It’s home to the Eli Manning Children’s Clinics. | http://childrenshospital.umc.edu.Produced by Jim Albritton.

Batson Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department, Trauma Unit Triples In Size

JACKSON, Miss. – Batson Children’s Hospital today dedicated its new Colonel Harland Sanders Children’s Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children’s Trauma Unit, tripling the treatment area available for the state’s only Level 1 pediatric emergency and trauma center. Partially funded by individual $1 million gifts from the Colonel Harland Sanders and theRead the story …