We always focus on New Orleans but there were other areas hard hit 5 years ago too and this is one of them. The reasons slated here for the layoffs is back to the 
same old story, money. Reductions in Medicare and Medicaid are at the top of the list. You can also visit the website and see they are also using some state of the art technology with robotic surgeries too with the daVinci device.
In addition to the layoffs, the hospice program will also end and employees will see an increase in their premiums and a wage freeze is in place for administrators. This is not too far from where our Surgeon General practiced in Alabama and I’m sure she knows this area well too. BD
Forty-seven employees have been laid off at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport.
Gary Marchand, the hospitals president and CEO, says the layoffs came Friday and included 35 full-time employees. He says 10 nurses were laid off.
Marchand said Tuesday that Memorial Hospital is trying to offset an anticipated $11 million shortfall related to reimbursement reductions from Medicare and Medicaid.
Gulfport, Miss., hospital lays off 47 workers - BusinessWeek