Regional One braces for more patients as Mississippi’s only burn center closes
Regional One Health’s Firefighter Burn Center has the only multi-place hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the Mid-South. The Center already treats patients from five surrounding states and is preparing to treat more when Mississippi’s only burn center closes. (Lance Murphey/The Daily Memphian file)
Come November, Regional One will have the only burn center in a 400-mile radius that’s certified by the American Burn Association.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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