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Welcome to the web pages of Yalobusha General Hospital
& Nursing Home. Yalobusha General Hospital &
Nursing Home is located on Highway 7 South in Water Valley, Mississippi, in Yalobusha County.
Water Valley is approximately 25 miles south of Oxford, Mississippi,
home of the University of Mississippi and the Ole Miss Rebels, and approximately 85
miles south of Memphis,
Tennessee. Our Mission: Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home will provide quality healthcare services in a caring and financially responsible manner to the people of Yalobusha County. Terry Varner, Administrator Some History: Governor Ross Barnett was the principal speaker at the hospital dedication ceremony on November 28, 1961 and the hospital originally opened on January 2, 1962, with a construction cost of $500,000. It offered 30 acute care beds, surgery, delivery room and emergency services. Room rates at this time were $9.00 a day, semi-private and $12.50 a day private (ah, the good old days). The
first expansion for the facility was in 1969, which
opened up 40 beds for use as a nursing home. In 1974, the
hospital "West Wing" was opened and brought our
capacity to 26 acute care beds. Later, the original
acute wing was renovated into nursing home space
providing 17 additional beds. In November, 2000, our new
nursing home expansion was opened with 72 nursing home
beds and 2 personal care beds as well as a larger dining
room/activity room area, shower/bath facilities and
office space. Contact Information Telephone
Send email to mhoganygh@watervalley.net with questions or comments about this web
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