Forrest General Hospital

In 1901 the South Mississippi Infirmary was organized, located on Plum St.. That building burned twice in the next couple years so in 1905 they moved to Walnut St. near the intersection with Buschman St..

On July 15, 1952 it admitted its first patient. The hospital had 70 staff and 31 doctors. (source: History of Forrest County, p 99)

According to the website (http://www.forrestgeneral.com/story/history.php) they now have 537 beds and over 2800 employees.

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We've got to get that old picture from 1952! A new one from 2005 wouldn't hurt either. The one above is pretty bad, although it wouldn't have the fun snowman. I wish we had a picture from before they started all that new construction. You could see the original building from the street but now the new construction had enveloped it. -- Brad