
With Mississippi’s only burn center at Merit Health Central in South Jackson having closed in October 2022, the University of Mississippi Medical Center promised to step in to help fill the void.
UMMC is taking on the challenge full time as it has announced that it has established the Mississippi Burn Center on its main campus in Jackson, elevating the state’s only academic medical center’s commitment to serve Mississippians in need of burn care.
The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved UMMC’s request on Thursday to establish and operate the…