CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) continue to closely monitor the outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by the novel (new) coronavirus COVID-19, and are working to limit the spread of cases nationally and in Mississippi. MSDH is actively working with doctors and hospitals on responding safely and effectively …Read More

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Chronic Care Management

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” or so goes the classic idiom. Members of the medical community, as well as those who subsidize health care services, embrace that concept. That is why the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now offer qualifying individuals a proactive way to address their health …Read More

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Charleston Hospital Nursing Home Earns Accolades

Charleston Hospital Nursing Home Earns Accolades Tallahatchie County’s hospital and nursing home recently attained excellent marks on separate surveys. Tallahatchie General Hospital achieved the maximum five-star  rating on a nationally standardized patient satisfaction survey. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, regulated and monitored by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …Read More

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Congratulations To Local Medical Facilities

Congratulations To Local Medical Facilities Tallahatchie General Hospital and Tallahatchie Extended Care Facility are to be heartily congratulated and commended on a pair of recent notable accolades that have come their way via federal and state government agencies. The hospital received the maximum five-star rating based on a highly favorable response to what is, basically, …Read More

2017 Tallahatchie Wellness Spring Carnival

Tallahatchie Wellness Spring Carnival scheduled for April 22nd With over 350 participants, 37 vendors and a plethora of games and activities, last year’s health fair carnival was hugely successful and plenty of fun was had by all. The health fair carnival is designed to cater to everyone’s needs and interests whether new born, elderly or …Read More

Tutwiler Clinic

Tutwiler Clinic’s Future Appears Brighter After Pact With TGH

Tallahatchie General Hospital’s recent acquisition of the Tutwiler Clinic offers hope that the clinic will be able to continue its mission far into the future, according to Dr. Anne Brooks. Brooks, 78, was one of the founders of the Tutwiler Clinic in August 1983. At that time, she and three fellow Roman Catholic nuns from …Read More

Tallahatchie Wellness Center

Tallahatchie Wellness Health Fair Carnival May 7th 2016

The James C. Wellness Center at Tallahatchie General Hospital is hosting its First Annual Tallahatchie Wellness Health Fair Carnival on May 7th in Charleston, Mississippi. The health fair is from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. inside the wellness center, and the carnival is from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. To enter the carnival, visitors must attend …Read More

The New Playground is Now Open!

Named after one of our donors, The Irene Wells Pennington Playground, located on the campus of the James C. Kennedy Wellness Center and Tallahatchie General Hospital is now open. Community residents and their children and grandchildren are encouraged and welcomed to now use the playground. The area will be strictly patrolled to ensure all users …Read More

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Sun-Sentinel Wins 13 Advertising Awards in Statewide Contest by Clay McFerrin

JACKSON — The Sun-Sentinel has won 13 awards, including three first-place plaques and second place in the coveted overall “Advertising Excellence” category. Awards, for achievement in the Mississippi Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest Advertising Division, were presented Saturday during the association’s Mid-Winter Conference here. Entries were judged by members of the North Carolina Press …Read More

Quit Smoking

Smoking Cessation By Clay McFerrin

Quitting smoking is a daunting proposition, but a new program at Charleston Clinic offers smokers specialized tools to enhance their chances — all at little or no cost to them. “Nicotine is a very addictive drug,” said the clinic’s Dr. Rob Carter. “We’re finding out more and more the different receptors that it acts on …Read More