Author: Megan Slaughter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 8, 2021

Quentin Whitwell, CEO Panola Med
P:662.388.0700
www.panolamed.com

Closed Critical Access Hospital in Marks, MS Slated to Reopen

(MARKS, MS) – The hospital in Quitman County closed on October 31, 2016, as the county’s largest employer with 99 people. Without healthcare, despondency has grown with in the unemployed. Current acute healthcare situations have worsened due to the length of time it takes to receive critical medical and healthcare services in neighboring counties, which is at minimum a 30-minute drive. (more…)

In the near future the citizens of Quitman County will be able to get onto an elevator to access the second floor of the historic courthouse to attend public meetings and court proceedings. Obtaining this elevator was made possible through the Board of Supervisors’ submission of a proposal and resolution for the renovations of the 110-year-old courthouse building. (more…)