Magnolia Regional Health Center

Magnolia Hospital has been around since the mid 1960’s serving the city of Corinth and surrounding community. The community had previously been served by a physician owned hospital, McRae Hospital, where many Corinthians, including myself, were born.
Everyone who has lived a lifetime in this small town can tell you a horror story about Magnolia Hospital and I’m sure there will eventually be a lot of negative reviews posted but that is the nature of a hospital, I think. Lives begin here and end here for many Corinthians. There are many bad stories, but there are also many very wonderful stories of kindness, love and compassion. There are great challenges I’m sure to a facility open 24/​7, 365 days a year. It takes a special person to work as a nurse, caretaker or physician and be able to care for others day in and day out over a lifetime and never make a mistake.
Everyone should be very proud and feel very lucky to have such a modern, first class hospital facility in our home town. I was prompted to write this review as I waited this morning for an ultrasound test my local doctor had ordered. I was registered promptly and cordially by Judith, in the registration office. I was called back for the test and a very capable young woman, Lindsey, performed the test very quickly and competently. I found a convenient parking spot outside and had only a 5 minute drive from my home. Unless you have experienced the health care system in a major city, you can’t appreciate what a pleasant experience this is. For anyone who has faced the terrible trauma of cancer, you also can’t appreciate how wonderful it is to have a branch of the West Clinic located adjacent to Magnolia.
Unfortunately, we often can’t make choices when it comes to health care at critical times in our lives. We should all help to promote excellence at Magnolia Regional Health Center for Corinth’s hometown hospital future.

One’s mindset after giving birth or dealing with a traumatic health episode is not to rush to the computer and write reviews.
But how trustworthy can an online hospital review be? A review written in haste, or in anger, for example, won’t be helpful to the patient who trusts it, and could even be harmful.
I have been to this hospital several times from the mid 90s (excruciating and unstoppable headaches) through the mid 2000s (gallbladder removal, unstoppable headaches, mammogram, blood work, hiatal hernia surgery).
For the most part, everything went off without a hitch. In a nutshell, I can say I have always been treated successfully, politely and attentively.
I can not say that all my combined experiences were without issues. My gallbladder removal surgery in 2005 went fine. My recovery was not the simple ‘out-​patient’ experience. I went in on a Thursday and came out Sunday evening. I could not get over the sickness from the anesthesia. That wasn’t the hospital’s fault, but my body’s inability to overcome quickly.
While recovering from that surgery, a nurse in training and her supervisor came to give me a shot for pain. She rolled me onto my side and I was prepared to fill it stick my butt. She did not. She, instead, gave it to me on the side of my leg, hitting a nerve over the side hip bone.
I spent almost a year in physical rehab to regain the ability to walk properly. I was subjected to endurring a ‘nerve damage test’, that involved having a needle inserted under my skin and electrical pulses sent through it. The needles weren’t inserted locally to my damaged area, but a variety of places from top to bottom, front to back, of BOTH legs. That was torture.
According to numbers you find online, the ‘readmit’ (readmission within 30 days) for coronary, pneumonia, and heart attack is on average 25%. Put that into perspective, Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tn averages 19%.
They have several events throughout the year that benefit the community. They also host the Winter Wonderland in December to help collect donated food items for Amen Food Pantry.
This hospital has grown and expanded tremendously since 1969. It has diversified into heart health and coronary surgery. A brief list of the hospital’s services are Behavioral Health, Cancer Center, Critical Care, Food & Nutrition, Emergency Medical Services, Home Health & Hospice, Heart & Vascular Center, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Heart Valve Clinic, Laboratory Services, MRHC Clinics, Pediatrics, Orthopedic Center, Radiology, Rehabilitation, Respiratory Care, Sleep Lab, Surgical Services, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Women’s Health, Wound & Hyperbaric Center.

Seems laid back, very hospitable people. Southern hospitality at its best, I can’t say enough about this place, for the size, you don’t think you could fit all the love into this building. Patient care is through the roof, all the staff I have had the pleasure of meeting thus far have been nothing short of amazing!
Corinth is a small, everyone knows everyone type place, think the movie Varsity Blues, I use that example because they LOVE them some football. Olé Miss! Corinth High! They absolutely love it.
Four wheeling, big trucks, hunting, good ol’ fashion Southern cooking, Slug Burgers
Slug Burgers Hx — John Weeks started selling hamburgers around 1917 in Corinth, Mississipi from a moveable building (6 feet wide and 12 feet long that was constructed using two bicycle wheels) that had enough room for one man to stand in it, with space for a small pan heated with an oil burner, a shelf long enough for the meat and buns, and hog lard for cooking, and a pass through window. John had his hamburger meat ground by the McEwen brothers, local butchers, according to his specification which included potato flakes and flour. He sold these hamburger for 5 cents each.
A one time, five of the Weeks’ brothers were selling Weeksburgers in the south end of Corinth. They Were John, Dave, Cord, Bill, and Fate Weeks. Fate, the youngest brother, also had a dozen different hamburger stands that he ran. He started working for his brother in 1919. In 1947, he purchased an old trolley car for $ 100 and converted into a café. During his career, Fate Weeks converted four trolley cars into hamburger joints.
These tiny hamburgers were originally called Weeksburgers. They didn’t get their name «slugburger» until much later. According the the town legend, but not fact, the term «slugburger», comes from the slang term for a nickel.
Awesome!
I veered off of the hospital for a second, but its all the same town and its lovely. It’s a little nook of the world one may never see and I’m glad I was granted the opportunity to be here for a period in my life. Shows you there are awesome little spots to go to, so get out on the road and explore as much as possible.
Beware! This is the South, the Old South and people don’t change with the times. Take that as you may, but I advise, do your studies before traveling anywhere in this great big world of ours…

I get a phone call stating that my mother is going in for triple by pass heart surgery the following morning. Panic sets in, I book a flight to Memphis (the closest airport) the same day. Call my brother and sister. My brother says he will pick me up from airport. My sister hops in her car to drive there from Chicago.
After almost a three hour drive from the airport I finally arrive to the Hospital. It is 11:45 PM. and mother is in Intensive Care. Determined to see her I call the nurses station and ask if I can visit., explaining that I live in Florida and just arrived. They were so very nice and accommodating letting me go in and visit and informing me exactly what the next morning would bring with surgery. My daughter arrives along with my sister after midnight. The nurses again let them visit quickly.
The Hospital offers a very large waiting room with couches, recliners, TV, phones, restrooms, free coffee and snacks. You can stay here 24 hours a day. We all stay the night for surgery the following morning. The nurse calls the family in and tells us what mother will be going through and what we should expect afterwards.
The doctor arrives. Never in my life have I seen what happened next. The doctor says they will be coming in and taking her to begin the surgery and he says let’s pray together. He bows his head over my mother and say’s a beautiful prayer. We were all blown away and it left a very good vibe with us.
We went back to the waiting room and waited. Every hour or so a nurse would come out and tell us how the surgery was going. At the very end the doctor spoke with us about how well it had gone, with no complications.
We were all very worried because we live in large metro areas with well known hospitals and doctors. This is a very small town and we thought what is the medical care going to be like. Well what a surprise!!! The nurses, the doctors are some of the very best, that this Hospital paid dearly to get. The heart surgeon that did my mother’s surgery is well known in Tupelo, MS. but Magnolia wanted him to head the Cardiovascular unit.
From the moment my mom arrived, during and after surgery, a week in the hospitol, we could not have asked for anything different. If I was having any kind of surgery especially heart surgery, I gotta say I would want to come here. True perfection, with some of the most skilled nurses and doctors, great bed side manor, very caring, and accommodating.
Just goes to show how you can not judge a book by it’s cover. Small town with an excellent Hospital and skilled staff.
Thank you so very much for taking such great care of our mom.