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SMSH PATIENT VISITATION STATEMENT:  AT THIS TIME, SOUTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ALL OFF-CAMPUS VISITORS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.  IN LIMITING VISITATION, SMSH IS TAKING PRECAUTIONARY STEPS PURELY OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF EXPOSURE.​

Fri, 12/02/2022

On July 16, 2022, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) transitioned from a 10-…

Tue, 08/16/2022
Come join us at SMSH on September 1st for our Job Fair from 9 AM until 3 PM & Blood Drive from 12:30 PM until 4:30 PM

Thu, 07/14/2022
The Employee of the 2nd Quarter of 2022 is....

 

 

Angela Thompson
Angela is our Social Work Director.
Congratulations and thank you for everything…
Thu, 04/28/2022
The Employee of the 1st Quarter of 2022 is....
Misty Barrett!
Misty is our Clinical Support Coordinator.
Congratulations and thank you for everything that you do. …
Thu, 04/28/2022
Our 2021 Employee of the Year is....
April Holder!
April is our Nurse Executive
Congratulations and thank you for everything that you do.
Words from her…
Tue, 08/04/2020

PURVIS, Miss. --  Julius Ducksworth was recently named South Mississippi State Hospital’s first quarter 2020 Employee of the Quarter.  Ducksworth came to SMSH in October…

Wed, 11/01/2017

Merwin Brown, pharmacy tech, was chosen Employee of the Quarter at the hospital's…

Fri, 08/25/2017

South Mississippi State Hospital staff recently took steps to expand their…

Fri, 07/07/2017

Two South Mississippi State Hospital employees were among almost 50 government…

Mon, 05/15/2017

During the recent annual meeting of Friends of South Mississippi State…

Mon, 01/30/2017

Sabrina Young, a Mississippi Gulf Coast native, was appointed Director of South…

Tue, 01/17/2017

Carla Whitfield, SMSH Family Nurse Practitioner, was chosen as the fourth quarter 2016…

South Mississippi State Hospital
823 Highway 589
Purvis, Mississippi 39475
Phone: 601-794-0100
Fax: 601-794-0210