Magnolia Regional Health Center Expresses Thanks for Malcolm Guyton and Darwin Wooten, M.D., for Their Years of Service; MRHC Board of Trustees Welcomes Two New Member
MRHC would like to thank Malcolm Guyton of Corinth, MS, retired from TN Valley Community Development and Darwin Wooten, M.D., of Crossroads Eye Center in Corinth, MS for their years of service on MRHC’s Board of Trustees. Malcolm Guyton was appointed to the board in November 1995, while Dr. Wooten was appointed in June 2005. During their tenure, numerous accomplishments have been achieved at Magnolia Regional Health Center that have not only increased the hospital’s continuum of care, but allowed MRHC to better serve the needs of its community.
During both Mr. Guyton and Dr. Wooten’s tenure on the MRHC Board of Trustees, the total number of physicians serving MRHC has increased from 38 to an astounding 116; 76 of which have been added to MRHC’s family of physicians since 2005. In addition, the number of employees on staff at MRHC has increased from 825 in 1996 to a present number of over 1,200, making MRHC the largest employer in Alcorn County.
Mr. Guyton and Dr. Wooten’s years of service on the MRHC Board of Trustees have been highlighted by the following achievements, which include major renovations, construction projects and increases in service lines offered:
1995 Addition of 20 bed Transitional Care Unit
1996 Addition of Partial Psychiatric Program
2000 Addition of Corinth Surgery Center
2000 Addition of Community Service Center located on Harper Road
2006 Magnolia Regional Health Center named a Thompson Top 100 Hospital
2007 Corinth Surgery Center became Magnolia Regional Surgery Center
2007 Magnolia Regional Health Center Completed Construction of an 143,000 Square Foot Expansion, which included: 72 New Private Patient Rooms, 12 Surgical Intensive Care Rooms, 16 Private Short Stay Surgery Rooms, 2 State of the Art Cardiac Catheterization Labs, 8 Private Pre and Post Heart Cath Lab Rooms, 10 Bed Post Anesthetic Care Unit, 3 Operating Rooms for Open Heart, Vascular, Orthopedic, etc., Spacious Patient Waiting Wings/Suites and 6 Medical Office Suites
2007 Magnolia Heart & Vascular Center; Opened October 31, 2007
2008 Internal Medicine Residency Program; Began: July 1, 2008
2009 The Cancer Center at Magnolia; Opened: January 2009
2011 Project approved to Construct a New Emergency Department, Radiology Department, and the Creation of a Centralized Registration Program
On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, Magnolia Regional Health Center welcomed two new board members to the MRHC Board of Trustees, Randall Frazier, M.D., of Magnolia Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic, PA and Rebecca Spence, Branch Manager of Regions Bank in Corinth, MS. MRHC is greatly looking forward to continued growth with the input and direction of its newest board members during a time of healthcare reform and continued expansion of its facilities and services.
The MRHC Board of Trustees is a jointly owned city/county board that is comprised of seven members. Three members of the board are appointed by the City of Corinth, three members are appointed by Alcorn County and one member is jointly appointed by the City and County. Each member of the MRHC Board of Trustees serves a five year term. Current members of the board are as follows: Larry James, Wayne Gann, PhD.Ed, Tommy Alexander, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Myrna McNair, Lex Mitchell, Randall Frazier, M.D. and Rebecca Spence.
MRHC was erected and is owned jointly by the City of Corinth, Mississippi, and by Alcorn County, Mississippi, under the provisions of Section 41-13-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, and is operated by a Board of Trustees under the provisions of Section 41-13-29, Mississippi Code of 1972.
The MRHC Board of Trustees is legally and morally responsible for the conduct of the hospital, accomplishments of its objects and purposes and the discharge of its responsibility to the patients and to the community. Additionally, the Board of Trustees is vested by law with and shall exercise and discharge full authority, power and responsibility to operate and maintain the hospital and doctors offices or clinics and to accomplish its objectives and purposes.
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