Robert Collins, far left, president of the Leflore County Board of Supervisors, makes a point during Tuesday’s meeting of the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Board. With Collins at the table are other Greenwood and Leflore County officials: from left, county Supervisor Reginald Moore, City Attorney Don Brock, City Council President Ronnie Stevenson and Mayor Carolyn McAdams. (By Tim Kalich)
Dr. Roderick Givens, left, talks with Dr. Daniel Edney, Mississippi’s state health officer, before Edney’s presentation to the hospital board. Givens, the physician liaison to the board, invited Edney to come to the meeting to address the crisis that has threatened the Greenwood hospital with closure. (By Tim Kalich)
Mississippi’s state health officer says the Delta, with its declining population and slumping patient numbers, can no longer justify 20 hospitals, and the federal government has adopted insurance payment policies designed to pare them down.
