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Patients seek care at field hospital in Rolling Fork after tornado

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ROLLING FORK – The University of Mississippi Medical Center worked with the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to deploy a mobile field hospital to Rolling Fork after tornadoes devastated the state’s Delta and northern regions on March 24.

The fully operational mobile field hospital will serve as a temporary home for the Delta Health Center hospital and medical clinic system for both Sharkey and Issaquena counties.

Medical professionals wait for patients outside of the mobile field hospital, located at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Tents for patients are in place inside of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s AirCare flight team lands at a mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Members of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s AirCare flight team walk past hospital beds in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
The mobile field hospital is prepared at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Health professionals prepare the emergency room area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Health professionals work in the lab area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Dr. Andrew George, chief of staff at Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital, treats Red Cross volunteer Wanda Webb in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
A patient is examined at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Breanna Oaks’ daughter, Aryianna Fuller, is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Aryianna Fuller is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Medical professionals treat Aryianna Fuller in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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