Make plans now to attend the 11th Annual Art of Healing on Saturday March 23rd at The Gables in Laurel. The event starts at 7 pm. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased on line at scrmc.com. The event features a live and silent auction, food, a cash bar, and live music by Dr. Zarr’s […]

The sports performance program at South Central is a comprehensive program where the staff works with young athletes to professional athletes. Participants range from early as age eight to professional athletes. Derrick Burgess, an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Fellowship Trained Sports Medicine Specialist with South Central Orthopaedics, states, “At any time, you might have a group […]

Diabetes can increase your risk for many health conditions, including stroke. In general, people with diabetes are 1.5 times more likely to have a stroke than people without diabetes. Living with diabetes can lead to major complications within a person’s body. If unattended, a person’s life can completely change. However, with help, diabetes is a […]

South Central Sports Medicine Helps Athletes Get Back in the Game With every step she made, every jump she took, Kelsi Jackson felt excruciating pain in her knee. Kelsi, a then tenth grade basketball player at South Jones High School, was unable to make basic movements without having sharp pain in her knee. As a […]

Kelsi Jackson, a Knee Surgery Patient and High School Basketball Player. When I was in the 10th grade, I had a sharp pain in my knee. Every little step, every little jump, every little movement I would give, it just hurt. The surgery has made me who I am now. I don’t have to worry […]

Kristina was selected as the Employee of the Month for February 2019. She is a Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Cath Lab and has been employed by South Central Regional Medical Center for 3½ years. Kristina said her favorite thing about working for South Central is, “it feels like you are working with family, however […]

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South Central Regional Medical Center has developed a diabetes program. We are accepting all diabetic patients to aggressively manage their diabetes, using all of the new, wonderful tools, medications, training and teaching, that we have to manage diabetes effectively and reduce all of these terrible side effects and complications. Proper diet, exercise, and weight loss […]

As many as 40 % of adult Mississippians over the age of 65 have diabetes. There are 2 primary types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Most patients, most adults have Type 2 diabetes. Most people don’t notice signs and that’s the reason it’s so important to screen. It’s so easy. A simple blood […]

SCRMC Hosts Free Diabetes Screening on February 20th South Central Diabetes Center As many as 40 percent of adult Mississippians over the age of 65 have diabetes. And with that, the vast majority of type 2 diabetics do not know they are living with this disease. Given that Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity […]