He had great pediatricians at their clinic! Sr. Marcy was wonderful. It was in the same state of neglect as this one. Dr. Jarrett was my pediatrician and he had a nurse (sister of Mercy) that was referred to as Bobo. In 1922, Poveglia's abandoned hospitals and other structures were converted into an asylum. The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. June and I were in the same nursing class (1961) at Mercy. Where was the morgue located? Finally the state of MS decided to stop funding Kuhn. Kuhn State Memorial Hospital might be long gone, but that doesnt mean Vicksburg is void of creepy places. The building-Mercy Hospital, still sits empty. Particularly since you are so young. I drove by there on a recent visit to family. I am CERTAIN all records are kept somewhere in state archives. The true history is quite splendid better than fiction actually. I remember being a CandyStriper here for several years. The Vicksbug City Hospital The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. (Failed ask how many.) To me it is atrocious the way they treated these people. I was born in Kuhn in Nov of 1978 and just learned of its history and now I am convinced that if I return there before they demolish it im going to find whats been tormenting my soul my entire lifemy story is long But am convinced that Kuhn is holding all the answers for meanyone else born there have something anything they cant figure out. I remember fainting in front of the hospital admissions desk and being admitted for a couple of days. I know she has a record of all her women too. for many years. So sad to see such a huge building destroyed that once was a resource to help the community. Went to Mass in the chapel many times. Such fond memories at Mercy. I was born at the old Mercy in 1947, and my mother, Tess Marsalis, worked for Dr. Gus Street and filled in for Dr. Jarretts nurse sometimes too. Dr. Bob Ford, Dr. Rusty Barnes and Dr. Geri Weiland are still practicing. Cant remember her name. He then added a third floor to his home, which wasnt far from the cemetery, so that he could view the statue of his beloved. Ann Hinston was a clinical instructor, as was Philomena Smartt. It was Parkview Hospital when she was born. What an outstanding hospital with excellent care. But do not want to get in any kind of trouble. Does anyone know if this was the only hospital open at that time in Vicksburg? Willamena Anding. Shirley, my mom did work at the WES, but she always loved the Street Clinic and all the people there. I would get off the city bus at the bowling alley, walk through the hospital to see my mom, then walk the rest of the way home. Law House, Most People Have Long Forgotten About This Vacant Ghost Town In Rural Mississippi, The Mississippi Ghost Town Thats Perfect For An Autumn Day Trip, Follow This Abandoned Railroad Trail For One Of The Most Unique Hikes In Mississippi, A Far Cry From Its Regal Days, McGees Castle In Mississippi Is Abandoned And Slowly Fading Away, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. My mom would always tell me she wanted to take me back to meet her. My second son was born at Mercy Hospital. Being born prematurely, I lived my first six months of life in a polio ward, of all places, until my adopted parents came and got me from the hospital. It is SO sad to see that place falling. And spent many days in residence throughout an early childhood of severe asthma, including one Christmas. Reading this makes me wonder what really happen the morning I gave birth. All three of these mentioned are deceased. I would love to see that building remodeled and used for something great. My pediatricians were Kimble Love and Dr. Horn. I was a student nurse in the clinical phase of nursing school. We were just talking about Dr. G on Thurs. The hospital remained open until 1989. and Sister Mary Eva. My mom name was Jessie Shinall. Kris, it is a sad day today in seeing items being moved out of the Street Clinic to the new medical building on 61N. It was a sad day when they shut it down. Janne, do you remember a nurse midwife named Polly! I wandered through the ruins remembering myself hurrying along the hallways to deliver a baby or to see a patient in the emergency department. Kuhn continues to be a symbol of incompetence and negligence on the part of so many parties that it would take far too long to list all those responsible, Found an old photo from 1910 that notes it being in Belhaven Heights https://secure.flickr.com/photos/mississippi-dept-of-archives-and-history/7164517907/in/set-72157630076470266. A few days before Mr B died I was asking for help. Yes Blaine, all deliveries were recorded in delivery area of all births and the time of delivery was part of the data. That is beautiful! 1918 points 30 comments. Dr. Lewis knew me and allowed me to learn there during the summers and school holidays. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsI was born in a hospital in Vicksburg in 1948. It is probably for the best. But history in the state of Mississippi has always been mind blowing.. Dee, somewhere in the stuff I have packed for moving, I have a notebook recording the names of all the women whose babies I delivered. it would certainly be better than the plastic palazzi built by the casinos. Sam P. The Vicksburg Post, Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 That burns the skin and I can imagine being a woman and having to wash my private parts with that soap. The Beelitz Sanatorium was designed by architect Heino Schmieden in 1898. Learn how your comment data is processed. Urban explorers took a tour of an abandoned hospital which has stood empty for 20 years and still has vials of blood and surgical equipment inside. I prowled around in there all by myself and heard/saw nothing. The Vicksburg Medical Center located on I-20 was owned by HCA in Nashville and Parkview was own by Quorum in Brentwood TN. CHARITY HOSPITALS. If you read down further you will see some of the comments that I have made. I played airsoft here in February 2020 and 2021. Trying to find out who delivered me. Ray Mabus has proposed closing the three charity hospitals that the nations poorest state operates for its poorest people. I dont remember treating but one gunshot wound. Does anyone know who I would contact to get permission to explore? Do you know whether or not they put the time on the birth certificates back then? Did you ever find out what happen to the medical records from the hospital? Now for this place to ever be used again it would need extensive remodeling. It saddens me to know that it has been closed and left to decay. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Breaks my heart to see the Mercy just sitting there. First step is to locate and grill any relative you can. Rather a shame that the original buildings were destroyed. There should be some form of black history documentation noted for the first black nurses employed at Khun. The institution was also renamed in honor of Mr. Kuhn. I've . While staying in the hospital a Dr. Dont believe me? Are there any other abandoned places in Mississippi? I personally love the place and hate to see it as it is but there is only so much we can do. Most of the documentation survived, although it seems that for the most part, the original plans are not in these records which are in Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. We use to have to wear lab coats and many people thought he and I were young doctors. i am very interested in all of this paranormal activity, could you give me more description of what yiu have seen and heard of! The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was United States legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. and June Emerson who worked for the urologist whose name escapes me. Thank you in advance. Would love to have an update. The fact that this year was different and presented challenges helped shape my leadership and taught me valuable lessons in time management and team coordination. What ever happened to the records, I was born there in 1959 and would be thrilled to have anything, my Mother passed years ago so I was just wondering, had a sister born in 1962 and one in 1969 the nurse named my baby sister, thought that was kind of neat, well her 1st name her middle name was after my Grandmother and grandfather. Todays Head line in VIcksburg Post, February 28th, 2016; A Step Closer? A lot of junk goes on out there. I was watching a eposide of ghost asylum and never knew the history they spoke of. " - RESCUE ME! I would love to get access to my medical records. A small crowd of residents and city officials in Vicksburg, Mississippi, came together on Wednesday, February 6 th for a ceremony in order to watch the beginning of the hospital's demolition.. State funding also runs out for Matty Hersee Hospital in Meridian and South Mississippi State Hospital in Laurel, Mississippis other two general charity hospitals. We held clinic Monday through Friday. I went through hell and back during my 36 1/2 hours of hard labor but, I would not trade it for anything in the world. How disappointing. They have poured alot of money in it since we started taking care of the place in 06. Through much of the hospitals history, two topics have surfaced again and again as topics of interest: money and babies. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material, including text and images, without express and written permission from this blogs author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Rachel was delivered by Calvin Poole, and her pediatricians were Bobby Ford and Dan Barnes. I had the pleasure of her looking over my second born daughter in 2005 at River Region after we evacuated for Katrina. Man Hunt Continues; Jail Escapee McCloud Still on Lam; Search Continues; by John Surratt; Rafel McCloud remained on the lam as authorities from Warren County, City of Vicksburg, Mississippi State and United States Federal Agents continued searching for the fugitive, Friday in the North Central area of Vicksburg, Including Revisiting the Kuhn Memorial Hospital property, where McCloud is accused of killing Sharon WIlson, and where Officers Thrrsday found a pair of pants he took form a County Jail Guard. Somehow I still remember these things and remembered the severe lack of parking and the view of the Mississippi River from there. I just got a feeling in there.????????? I had two great aunts that died and state hospitals for the insane and Texas. Been in there several times..got TONS of EVP. A Copy of this Newspaper is in my possession My name is Mary. I hope you can find answers!!!! It also OK'd $2.13 million for Matty Hersee Hospital, $2.03 million for Laurel's South Mississippi State Hospital and $99,642 for the State Eleemosynary Board. Click here for directions to the cemetery, so you can see the infamous statue for yourself. Abandoned Mississippi Hospitals 3,774 views Jun 5, 2011 A look around the beautiful, abandoned hospitals in Mississippi. As a Presbyterian, I was quite intrigued by the Sisters and all the trappings of Roman Catholicism like crucifixes and religious statuary then spent time here during high school as a Candy Striper along with Helen Carter, and a couple of girls from Utica and Raymond, I think. Five children in family, I knew that they had both passed on to the glory land. Can anyone come and go threw this building ? Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. I was wondering if you by chance knew them? The company that owns it has numerous times tried to get something going with the building but no one wanted anything to do with it. Im sure many of the individuals I worked with her no longer with us . If you get the chance to drive by and see it it truly is a breathtaking place. I went to nursing school there. I was born here in August of 1985 and was delivered by a lady names Marilyn A. Johnson, CNM. LOL We went to Vicksburg for one of Bobs class dinners this summer and visited all those old places. Kuhn formed me as a newly graduated Certified Nurse Midwife. The derelict almost haunted Kuhn Memorial State Hospital lies abandoned on 1422 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. We lived in a small house on Openwood not far from the hospital. Shuttered in 1935, the asylum sat on what is now the site of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, reports The Clarion-Ledger. Community leaders are pleased something is being done with the old hospital. THey were poor and had no means to investigate. Dr. Horn was the other well known pediatrician. Kuhn Memoriall Hospital The Head Lines in the Vicksburg Post, Satrurday, March 05th, 2016. I also met with the co-founder of Delta Paranormal Project and he showed me around and I experienced some very strange and awesome things. have known her. In later years I had 3 nephews that were born in that hospital and my friend and I would walk down the corridor of the clinic carrying my nephews and we would get comments about how we were too young to be having babies. Great memories. I have such wonderful memories of Kuhn the staff and patients everyone did the best that they could and our statistics were pretty amazing. The only charity hospital that seems to be in sound condition is Matty Hersee. Ill ask the two I know how to find. Lots of memories from this building, practicing physicians. For anyone interested in helping out in any way to rehab the property, let us know so we can meet and make some plans. The U.S. Marine Hospital is located along the Mississippi River, south of downtown Memphis in the French Fort community. Ray Mabus) did this year.. Many memories some terrifying, some sweet, some very special. I loved the doctors and nurses at the Mercy/Street Clinicthey were like family to me as I grew up around that place. Another one of the most haunted places in Mississippi is Kuhn Memorial State Hospital. It was when doctors and nurses still cared about the patients and were connected. Mercy was a top notch hospital and I thank the Sisters of Mercy for that and for the fond memories. A nun who taught me as a 4th grade student at St.Michaels elementary school in Biloxi taught me as a student nurse at Mercy. The house on Oak Street still stands. Vicksburg, Mississippi 40.5 miles from Jackson, MS Duff Green Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War and it still bears some of the scars despite restoration. It later tended to Civil War soldiers and lost several staff members during the Yellow Fever outbreak in 1878. Document # 001. Many abandoned psychiatric hospitals can be found on the east coast/ Northeast United States. After the move to the new River Region Medical Center in February 2002, plans were in place to sell the building to be used for different purposes. I was born here in 1968 and my brother was born here in 1972. :) In 1985, I was Dr. Potnis and Johnny Johnsons secretary. I was born here, July 1967, as was my sister four years earlier. So convenient all the yrs at Mercy which ended up being 42 . The Kuhns building should be destroyed, the weather,rats,and other creatures made more of a mess of what that building was in its past. I was born here in the summer of 1991. We at first lived in the nursing home on Cherry Street and moved to the nurses home on campus at the hospital about 1960. Thanks Teresa. Changes in medicine and mission brought about yet another large building in 1962, this one replacing the antebellum substantial house and its 1909 annex with the brick building that greets a visitor today. Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? I was born there in 1967 and Dr. Jarrett was my pediatrician. Thanks! We even had insurance and payed our bills!!! Up the street from Kuhn Memorial was The Pest House. Mabus proposed re-channelling the hospital funds into Medicaid so they could receive federal matching funds. Thanks again, For children who have been abandoned for 4 months, a TPR petition must be filed within 14 calendar days.First, it doesn't matter if the year long period where one parent "failed significantly" occurred right before the adoption hearing (i.e., a failing parent can't save himself by sending a lot of gifts and making a lot of phone calls after he . I create, market, and solve problems. Sam P, I have had very little dealings with the Kuhn Vicksburg City Hosptial. I was born oct 1978 also and was adopted. Had sort of planned to write some some sort of history but became to much, Does anyone know what happened to the medical records from this hospital. Learn more here. And had my first child there. Ms M & me only had a blanket to give. SISTER MARCY GARCIA WAS THERE IN 1980 & 1981, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT DELIVERED MY SON ON MAY 28, 1981. I inquired whether it was a Black Hospital; His reply; No, all i know is what i saw in the waiting rooms, but it appeared to me that it was a Poor Peoples Hospital. About as many white as black patients. (Note This is about the population mix of the area. I have been retired from nursing since 2003. That hospital/clinic was like another home to me. I have many fond memories of working in and around that building for years. Home Architectural Research Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburgs Mercy Hospital. Anyone know about her? Asbestos removal by professionals is not cheap. Hi my name is Lashonda Sims and i was born at Kuhn December 10, 1985. Abandoned Mississippi: Afro-American Sons and DaughtersHospital Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburgs MercyHospital Abandoned Mississippi: Port Gibson OilWorks Abandoned Mississippi: Southern ChristianInstitute Abandoned Mississippi: Central Delta Academy,Inverness, Categories: Abandoned Mississippi, Hospitals/Medical, Recent Past, Vicksburg. 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