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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Two hospital systems are partnering to expand pediatric specialty care services in Tupelo and the north Mississippi region.
A ribbon-cutting was held Wednesday for Children's of Mississippi-Tupelo. The clinic will open Friday.
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo are partners in the specialty clinic.
Dr. Rick Barr, who heads the UMMC pediatrics department, says children who have needed specialists in the past have often had to travel to Jackson, Memphis or Birmingham for care.
Barr says the clinic will let children get health care closer to home.
NMMC will continue its partnership with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis.
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