While Mississippi was spared the destruction neighboring Louisiana saw from Hurricane Ida, the storm traversed most of the Magnolia State and hard-hit areas on the Coast and in southwest Mississippi are still dealing with the disaster.
As the remnants of Hurricane Ida crawls through and out of Mississippi late Monday through Tuesday morning, officials said the Magnolia State mostly dodged a bullet and made plans to help devastated south Louisiana.
As Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi continues to battle against growing hospitalizations due to COVID-10's delta variant, CEO and Administrator Bill Henning wants the Oxford community to know the hospital is prepared to take care of all patients.