The goal is to give people in the Delta better access to doctors and primary care as hospitals around them shutter and reduce services.
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today February 15, 2023 Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons, far left, with U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson, far right, at the presentation of federal funds for a primary care clinic on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Local leadership in the Delta says the region’s crumbling health system has been abandoned by the state – so they’re figuring out how to fix it on their own with the help of federal funds.
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