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Memorial Health Systems to operate Memorial Biloxi; leaders promise expanded services
Summary
City leaders and Memorial Health Systems officials told the Biloxi City Council on Jan. 28 that Memorial Biloxi will reopen under Memorial’s operation, with ER staffing in place, plans to add specialists and a 40‑year lease on the property; hospital leaders said they aim to expand behavioral health capacity and maternal care access.
Memorial Health Systems will operate the hospital on the Biloxi site formerly known as Merit Biloxi, officials told the Biloxi City Council at its Jan. 28 meeting.
Christian Spear, who introduced himself to the council as the hospital administrator for the site, said staff "will bring in all of our leaders from Gulfport over to the hospital" and that he will "be there every day." Kent Niko, identified in council remarks as the CEO of Memorial Health Systems, told the council the transition is immediate: "As of Saturday at 12:01 ... the facility will be Memorial Biloxi. We are excited about it," and he said board‑certified emergency physicians were already…
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