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Forrest General Hospital held it’s groundbreaking ceremony on August 23.
We opened our doors in 1952 with 90 beds and 70 employees. Today, we have grown to 547 beds and more than 3,000 employees. There have been a lot of firsts in the past 70 years which have enabled us to grow our services — one of the first stroke teams in the nation, home to one of the state’s first epilepsy monitoring units, one of the state’s first hospitals to receive helicopter service and home to the state’s first certified nurse in neuroscience nursing who was also one of the first in the country. We have served millions of patients and welcomed countless numbers of babies, but 70 years and platinum status mean more than just numbers. It means doing everything we can to make your hospital experience the best it can be. That’s our commitment to you.
Forrest General Hospital held it’s groundbreaking ceremony on August 23.
The hospital’s first patient Mrs. Fred Roberts is admitted on July 15 and delivers a daughter Sandra Kaye. The 90-bed community hospital’s first administrator is Reagan Long.
Ten patient rooms added, making total 100 beds.
Total beds = 160
Air conditioning is installed
First in South MS to establish a Cobalt Unit for cancer treatment.
Phase I expansion completed, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is established.
Phase II expansion completed, adding Psych Unit and ICU. Total bed count is now 260.
Phase III Expansion completed. Total beds = 320
First Swan-Ganz catheter used.
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory opens and helipad is constructed for Rescue 7.
Phase V expansion completed, adding Pine Grove. Lowery Woodall Outpatient Surgery opens. Total bed count is now 537.
First open-heart surgery performed, Home Care established, crosswalk built.
20,000 square-foot labor and delivery facility opens and first balloon angioplasty is performed.
Permanent MRI unit installed, NICU opens.
Phase VII construction complete, adding 165 new patient rooms.
Fifth Floor Terrace opens and parking garage is built.
Home Care facility opens on South 28th Avenue in Hattiesburg.
Forrest General Cancer Center opens on South 28th Avenue.
Forrest General’s 50th anniversary, designated Level II Trauma Center, Forrester’s Food Court opens.
Spirit of Women program is established.
LiveWell Center opens, Radiology Department goes digital.
The Orthopedic Institute opened its doors and started caring for the Pine Belt community.
Family Medicine Residency Clinic welcomes first class of residents and the Women’s Surgery Center is completed.
Forrest General receives baby-friendly designation.
Cath lab celebrates 40th anniversary and the Healing Garden has its groundbreaking.
Forrest General hosts Project SEARCH program and the 2nd da Vinci Robot is utilized at the hospital.
Mississippi’s first bilateral MAKO knee replacement surgery was performed.
Forrest General Cancer Center added a third linear accelerator.
Forrest General Hospice Services and Asbury Hospice House celebrate their 5th Anniversary.
Chuck Carter and Kate Aseme won 2 out of the 3 State Trauma Awards.
Forrest General Hospital’s patients, along with their loved ones, have trusted us to provide the highest level of quality health care, while extending heart-felt compassion, to the sick and injured for over 70 years. We strive to stay true to our mission of doing what is best for the patient.
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