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Methodist Rehabilitation Center announces construction of long-term specialty care center for severely disabled

JACKSON, Miss.—To answer a growing need for long-term care for Mississippi’s severely disabled, Methodist Rehabilitation Center has announced plans to build a $9 million long-term care facility on its east campus in Flowood.

Methodist Specialty Care Center will be a first-of-its-kind facility in Mississippi and will accommodate 60 severely disabled patients who require around-the-clock care. The three-story facility with 60 private rooms is scheduled to open in 2004 and will create approximately 120 new jobs.

Sammy Safety encourages children, parents to 'think first' about Halloween safety

JACKSON, Miss.—As a part of Think First, Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s statewide safety and injury prevention program, physicians and staff at the Jackson hospital are working with firefighters, police officers and paramedics to encourage children in Mississippi schools to think first while trick-or-treating this Halloween.

A little caution goes a long way toward making Halloween a safe and fun holiday—that’s the message Sammy Safety, Methodist Rehab’s injury prevention mascot, and local fire departments are delivering to schools.

Apartment complex for physically disabled to be built in south Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss.—Just two years after breaking ground for the state’s first apartment complex for the physically disabled, Mississippi Methodist Accessible Housing, Inc. (MMAH), has announced plans to build a second, 15-unit building in Hattiesburg.

MMAH, a not-for-profit corporation formed by Methodist Rehabilitation Center to increase housing options for Mississippians with disabilities, has worked to secure a section 811 program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to build the complex.

Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson Bandits team up to promote hockey, revitalize area

JACKSON, Miss.—Methodist Rehabilitation Center and the other hospitals and colleges that make up the Jackson Medical Education District (JMED) are standing side-by-side with the Jackson Bandits for the 2002 hockey season.

It’s a partnership designed to help the Bandits stay in Jackson and to revitalize the JMED area where the proposed new home for the team is to be built.

Project START grant helps get state's first sled hockey team on the ice

JACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi Project START—a program designed to ensure disabled Mississippians have access to assistive technology—has made a donation of $12,788 to Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s therapeutic recreation program to help fund its new sled hockey team for physically challenged athletes.

The money will be used to acquire new equipment including helmets, pads and sleds, said Ginny Boydston, director of therapeutic recreation at Methodist Rehab.

Volunteers raise $22,500 to fund neuroscience research

JACKSON, Miss.—At Methodist Rehabilitation Center research is serious business.

When scientists at the Jackson hospital’s Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery recently discovered polio-like symptoms in some patients infected with the West Nile virus, it meant faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment for the potentially deadly disease.

But medical breakthroughs don’t come without a cost.

Neuropsychologist honored by state psychological association

JACKSON, Miss.—The Mississippi Psychological Association has honored a Methodist Rehabilitation Center neuropsychologist for excellence in his field.

Dr. Mark Sherer, director of the neuropsychology department at Methodist Rehab, was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for the sustained productivity of superior and significant research in psychology.

Quad rugby comes to Hattiesburg: Physically challenged athletes practice, showcase exciting sport

HATTIESBURG, Miss.--Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s quad rugby team will practice at the Family YMCA in Hattiesburg on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Jackson hospital’s team is on the move around Mississippi showcasing the exciting sport and recruiting new athletes.

Methodist Rehabilitation Center research published by CDC, New England Journal of Medicine alerts West Nile virus may cause polio-like syndrome

JACKSON, Miss.—Based on findings from the Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery (CNNR) at Methodist Rehabilitation Center, the New England Journal of Medicine today posted on its Web site (nejm.org) research that indicates the West Nile virus may cause an acute poliomyelitis-like syndrome associated with flaccid paralysis. Research findings from the CNNR were also published on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Price, neuroscience research win big at Reunion Race

FLOWOOD, Miss.—It took everything he had, but Doug Price held off a hungry field of challengers to take yet another overall victory in the annual Reunion Race.

Price led a field of wheelchair racers, runners and walkers over the 5K course in what was the largest race in the event’s 17-year history. More than 350 participated in either the run, walk or one-mile fun run.

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