McCLoud gave information for investigators to believe he was responsible for the death of Ms. Wilson, Williams said. The institutions were defunded, and community-based treatment facilities eclipsed the imposing, prison-like Victorian hospitals. Now, your birth certificate also should have the time. The hospital provided healthcare to thousands of African-American patients from across the . I continued to work in the lab when I would have breaks from college. Up the street from Kuhn Memorial was The Pest House. God! This, too, is connected to the main units by covered walkway. Just wanted to thank you.i dont know if you delivered me but Im sure you my know the person who did. My Dads name was Tom. If you read down further you will see some of the comments that I have made. It was me and an orderly who happened to be an conscientious objective who was serving his time. Its sad to see the hospital in that condition. That burns the skin and I can imagine being a woman and having to wash my private parts with that soap. I can email a friend who was there, and ask her if she delivered you. I was born in Vicksburg at Mercy in 1962 and remember many visits there while growing up. It is SO sad to see that place falling. I dont remember her. Its kind of sad to see things you remember disappearing. Any info relating to my birth in October 1978? By 1871, the state took over the hospital and it assumed a number of different roles. Cant remember her name. Trying to find out who delivered me. Two oldest born at home. It opened in 1917 and closed in 1989, after 72 years of service. 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. Many, many good memories. OMG Blaine I knew all three of them. My facebook name is Mary Irelandforeva. The bones of steel and concrete are solid. Anne Peacock and Sister Marcy were there in 1978. Do you have any info on those black glow in the dark chalkboard looking birth certificates or what happened to them. 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 . In 1922, Poveglia's abandoned hospitals and other structures were converted into an asylum. Yes, the inmates did work right along beside us. National Geographic magazine called the home the "Time. We now have cooperation from the VPD for the most part, after a truck load of our copper was stolen from their yard!! Yes Blaine, all deliveries were recorded in delivery area of all births and the time of delivery was part of the data. The history of the Marine Hospital dates back to 1798 when President Adams established the Marine Hospital Service to care for injured and disabled seamen working on the Mississippi River, and was a precursor to the Public Health Service. OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. I remember the form looking like a glow in the dark black chalk board with white writing. Its sad to see the pictures of the hospital now. I pray that someone gives it new life. I believed it because our group were the students that were in charge of cleaning the third floor. Learn how your comment data is processed. Dr. Love and Dr. Horn were my doctors until Dr. Weiland took over. The women were raped by the staff. I was born there in August 1960. Fond, fond memories. :) In 1985, I was Dr. Potnis and Johnny Johnsons secretary. And had my first child there. Thanks! South Mississippi Charity Hospital in Laurel is also among the abandoned places in Mississippi. Shirley, my mom did work at the WES, but she always loved the Street Clinic and all the people there. Through much of the hospitals history, two topics have surfaced again and again as topics of interest: money and babies. So glad I found this thread. This image, dated 1959, is from a dedication ceremony booklet for the new annex to the rear of the original building. Townspeople have to drive across county lines to get emergency, or even . would you be interested in sharing some of your stories that happend in khun hosptial. Then 1970 having my daughter there a patient of Dr. Horn, then going to LPN school followed by RN school there and working with the wonderful Shirley Farish and the sister of Mercy, who made me proud to be a nurse and go as far as possible, I was really upset when I visited last year and saw the hospital closed. Rafael Armez McCloud, 34, 513 Lynn Street, stood before Circuit Judge James Chaney, Jr., Monday for Arraignment after Indictment by the January Term of the Grand Jury for Capital Murder, Burglary of a Dwelling, Rape, Sexual Battery Without Consent, Attempted Arson, Larceny Motor Vehicle and Possession of a Weapon after a Felony Conviction. I adore this landmark. Has anything ever been done with the old Mercy Hospital? Interesting. We always had curious sounds that we could not figure out where they came from. Kris, its lovely to be in touch with you again! I just checked my records. I am also a graduated of the Mercy School of Nursing in 1961. You know back in those days they really did not know how to treat psychiatric patients. An abandoned hospital full of paranormal activity in one of America's most haunted cities is currently being demolished. We do not need another empty building. Constructed in the Georgian style of architecture at a cost of $1 million in 1937, the new red-brick hospital featured a slate roof, limestone columns, and a copper copula. This changes my opinion of Ray Mabus. The Vicksburg Medical Center located on I-20 was owned by HCA in Nashville and Parkview was own by Quorum in Brentwood TN. she was our psychology professor. I, Renetta Shinall, was born at Kuhn State Memorial Hospital in December 30, 1980. I suppose its too much to hope for in a town like Vicksburg that this hulking modernist pile will ever be fixed up and given new life. You must likely took care of me.. You know they try to hide things when they shut down. the medical records were to be stored in the state archive building.. wanda norwood was the one getting the records prepared for transport after it closed.. You can check with the state health dept and they should be able to tell you more. Standing on a two-block parcel on a high hill overlooking Grove Street, the old Mercy Hospitals blue tile front wall still beckons drivers off of the busy Clay Street thoroughfare. Aside from Kuhn State Memorial Hospital, what are some other notoriously creepy places in Vicksburg? I was born in that hospital in 1981, wish I had money to save it. Shame on the city of Vicksburg. Have your own spooky tale to share? Dr. Deborah Smith saved his life (blood disorder) at three months and again at 5 months. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. South Mississippi Charity Hospital in Laurel is also among the abandoned places in Mississippi. If there was a profit to be made, someone would. Also, my Mom, Mary Rose Phillips & her Sister, Susie B. I remember you very well. Do you know if times where record by the hospital? I will look in 1981 when I find that notebook! On Friday, state funding runs out for Kuhn, causing the charity institution to shut its doors. Asbestos will have to be removed whether its demolished or restored, meaning thats a fixed cost regardless. I was born at Kuhn August 1962. there is so many possibilities for it even if just to clean it up and put the windows and security there and use is as a museum. Thanks Teresa. The booklet is located in the MDAH subject file KUHN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STATE CHARITY. supported by tax dollars. He was a General Practice physician and delivered babies. Every two years or so theres been talk about closing down Kuhn, nursing supervisor Ruth Christian said last week. Its a possibility Janne, my family is heavily rooted in Vicksburg. We heard YEARS ago that some attorneys from Jackson purchased it. Death has become normalized in Hillcrest San Diego next to 2 hospitals. My mother worked in admitting here in 1978-79. It connect to the walk leading to the chapel, and nursing school. Was there an earlier hospital named Mercy? Janne Debes, I recently visited the Kuhn and I am totally obsessed with it. Love Mississippi? Would love to go back when I have more time. 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. My mother was born there in July 1943. I would love to restore it but I would need lots of help an funding! I remember this hospital well. Abandoned Hospital in Laurel, Mississippi. Dr. Ting was from China. We lived in Utica, MS, 25 mins away. Funny thing is, my grandma was delivered by a midwife also in Pocahontas, MS in 1927 but her time of birth is on it. Please keep us posted. We could not find the basement entrance. I was born here in August of 1985 and was delivered by a lady names Marilyn A. Johnson, CNM. Very sad, Want to really know about this place watch ghost asylum episode Kuhn hospital it was a prison metal asylum and hospital and the mental paients there were abused with freezing cold ice baths and shock therapy. It also OKd $2.13 million for Matty Hersee Hospital, $2.03 million for Laurels South Mississippi State Hospital and $99,642 for the State Eleemosynary Board. In 1963 64 I was employed at the then Charity or County Hospital in Vicksburg, and to my knowledge the First Black Registered Nurse in Vicksburg..I was Evening Supervisor. There is some sort of work going on next to it and even inside it; someone is cleaning, or removing debris, and under the awning which separates the two buildings it looks like someone has tied a chain around part of the brick and sped off to tear down just one section of wall. Im sure many of the individuals I worked with her no longer with us . I was born at Mercy Hospital in 1968 and my brother was born there in 1972. Does anyone know what happened to the medical records from this hospital. It was when doctors and nurses still cared about the patients and were connected. I delivered babies at Kuhn from 1980-1983. She said there wasnt any air conditioning and that there was no pain medication.. However, it sat vacant for years, and frankly it was pretty creepy. They both have passed away within the last 2 years. Kuhn State Hospital started life as Vicksburgs City Hospital back in 1832, in response to a smallpox outbreak. He was a nurse anesthetist who worked full time at Vicksburg Hospital, but would also work part-time at Kuhn. Our last name was also Herring. I was nurse at Kuhn in 1967-68. I saw June when my mom died as she came down the graveside service at Hermanville. Thanks for any info you provide. If you want send me a friend request. Only time I guess I was admitted as a patient. I would be interested and maybe talking to you on facebook Messenger about some of the things you may have witnessed. One plan was to sell it to one of the universities to establish a nursing school. The hospital is completely air-conditioned. I vividly remember both she and Dr. Jarrett! A friend visted a few days past. This would often cause discomfort for staff and patients when the Mississippi weather would swing wildly. From all appearances it would seem that the Kuhn is headed for demolition by neglect. No it isnt open, and a high locked fence surrounds the property. 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. I am a Paranormal Investigator and would love to get our Paranormal Group in there to do an Investigation. We are working to take back the model from the overgrowth. I will email her and ask her and get back to you! Preservation in Mississippi, 2009-2017. I know she has a record of all her women too. So convenient all the yrs at Mercy which ended up being 42 . Too bad it cant be turned into a hotel. I was born there as were my brothers and sisters. Kuhn Memorial Hospital, Mississippi. We just drove right up to the front door, and I went in and wandered all around, upstairs, downstairs. I recall the inmates working here alongside my mom. New Orleans also had a charity hospital. Just beyond the chapel is the nursing school and education building. I had to great great aunts that died in state hospitals here in Texas. From hospitals and asylums, to cemeteries, schools, theaters, restaurants, parks, bridges, and even roads, there's an endless amount of places throughout the state that are said to have some ghostly spirits lingering. I wish I could meet the nurse that delivered me. The old L. O. Crosby Hospital in Picayune where I was born, the Eastover Blind School and soon Kuhn Memorial. I remember fainting in front of the hospital admissions desk and being admitted for a couple of days. I worked there. That hospital/clinic was like another home to me. I hope you can find answers!!!! I went to nursing school here in mid 60s and to see it in this condition makes me sick. I was born here in 1963 and I lived until I was 17 five houses up from the hospital in Wildwood subdivision. I was born in this hospital on April 29, 1993 and I remember when they built the new hospital River Region in 2001 or so.. A Copy of this Newspaper is in my possession Found out he was buried at Cedar Lawn. Thanks for the post! Didnt Dr. Potnis marry one of the midwives? Tucked away on the Jackson Road (now Martin Luther King Jr. They also used some very controversial treatments. My name is Mary. Youngest child born in Hosptial in Yazoo City,. I just got a feeling in there.????????? Anne Peacock was the chief nurse midwife, and Dr. Krish Potnis the ob/gyn. My best guess is that Mercy closed around 2000. Blaine, I am a Vicksburger and I graduated from St. Francis in 1957 and the school was run by the Sisters of Mercy. Dr. Lewis knew me and allowed me to learn there during the summers and school holidays. I am what they call a sensitive. Thank you! And, the Street Clinic building will be moving to their new medical building right next to the hospital on Hwy 61N. I really would love for it to be restored and opened back up as a hospital.. Not a hotel. It was Dr. James P. Guerriero, Has the building been purchased and reopened. It was a very interesting building to be in. Does anyone else remember these ladies? I delivered my first baby in a taxi cab at the front of Kuhn memorial Hosp. Some of them lived in our subdivision, Wildwood. This has to be such a waste! instead, MCC is opting to demolish it sometime this year or next year. Please join us for our monthly clean up event. I worked there during High School in the evening and during the summer as an orderly back when a Hospital was a real hospital where caring nurses and staff provided real patient care. If they did surgery there, he would have given anesthesia for that and probably took call for emergency surgeries on weekends and nights. Polly Malby. Hawell she loved people everywhere she went! Finally the state of MS decided to stop funding Kuhn. We have several types of activities from removing dirt, debris on the panels to cutting down and removing invasive trees. Resolution Places Kuhn under Urban renewal Process, Another step towarfds demolotion. (Maybe Kiley?). If you get the chance to drive by and see it it truly is a breathtaking place. It wasnt a few years ago. So sad. One visitor even made a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek. We have several types of activities from removing dirt, debris on the panels to cutting down and removing invasive trees. Who is E.L. Malvaney? How did MissPres get its start? I only lived there until I was 8 and we moved to Brookhaven but spend every summer there with my grandmother. Mr. I love Vicksburg it has many fond memories. Someone may tho, in the future, OMG I DIDNT KNOW ALLOF THIS WHEN I HAD ONE OF MY BABIES THERE IN APRIL1975 UGH. Its believed to be haunted by the ghosts of two young girls, one of whom died in the hospital when she was accidentally given too much anesthesia. Later she worked for Dr. James Kiley. I spent 7 months and 28 days locked up and Gatesville Texas. My pediatricians were Kimble Love and Dr. Horn. This is all so interesting. Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital By ELMalvaney on March 28, 2012 ( 96 ) Standing on a two-block parcel on a high hill overlooking Grove Street, the old Mercy Hospital's blue tile front wall still beckons drivers off of the busy Clay Street thoroughfare. I have many fond memories of working in the emergency room. Community leaders are pleased something is being done with the old hospital. I wonder when she was there? I have vivid memories of the back parking lot elevator and the colorful 70s theme furnishings. Meet Jane Louis, the lead content creator at Scary HQ, a haunted places blog that delves into the eerie and unexplained. I went to nursing school there. We were considered as the Mayo Clinic of the South. have known her. Document # 001. Carolyn, my name is Betty Phillips. Was there a revision at some point in time. 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. The committee decided that a new building would be the best use, and in 1959, the institution opened a large new facility to the rear of the original buildings. dancing dolls jackson ms Leading personal injury law firm with over $1 Billion won for our clients. We even had insurance and payed our bills!!! The only charity hospital that seems to be in sound condition is Matty Hersee. I would love to get access to my medical records. Ample roadways and parking facilities for all points at the hospital have been provided. My family has a strong relationship to Vicksburg and my great grandmother was Daisy Mae Kuhns who married a James Jeter. Mabus proposed re-channelling the hospital funds into Medicaid so they could receive federal matching funds. Hi Kathy! I wandered through the ruins remembering myself hurrying along the hallways to deliver a baby or to see a patient in the emergency department. Later we moved close to Mamas work. The womans name was Virginia Sharplin. As a local paranormal investigator this place has intrigued me since I found out about it.Not being originally from here, I viewed it as just another building with a history to investigate. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors, mainly indomethacin and ibuprofen, have been largely used in the prevention of this pathology. Activities for all ages including kids who can help with littler prevention. she appears to be in her 40s in the picture.I would love to share with her family how wonderful she was to my mom who was an orphan and learning to become a nurse. As a former employ of River Region Health System, I can provide a little bit of information on the retirement of the old Mercy Hospital building and moving to the new facility on Hwy 61 North. Though Daniella was born in New York and has lived in a couple of other states, Mississippi has been her home for the past 25 years. It was a completely different time in the medical field. I did retire in 2003! I only wish I could remember her last name so that I could try to find her! But changes in the medical industry (implicit in the new term medical industry) forced them to sell the hospital in 1991 to a group called Quorum Health Care. I wish sometimes I had gone on to be an RN like you. I was born there in 1959. They were given lye soap. Confederate veterans stalked the halls of a specially built annex, constructed in 1901 (burned in a mysterious fire in 1918). Also there was a huge piece of machinery of some sort in the very back where it is open that we couldnt figure out what it used to be. I had the pleasure of her looking over my second born daughter in 2005 at River Region after we evacuated for Katrina. I have a deep respect for its history and would like to turn it into a Christian Community Center. Theres a lot of history in those buildings, I know and I was the last baby born there! pest house is still there.. it has been somewhat restored and families still live there.. Ah! Your post only showed your first name and I have been trying to place you. Apparently everyone thinks the cost of refurbishing the ruins is not worth the return on their investment..at least so far. I walked through that front door almost daily for 3 years, 1980-1983. January 31, 1989 I will be going there this summer (2017). Have a great day! Any photos posted would be great ! Kuhn is currently being demolished. It made me sad to see empty and abandoned. The building-Mercy Hospital, still sits empty. It contained an in-depth history of the hospital, interviews with former employees, and a look at the current ownership situation. I just recall her bringing in employees in to the ER when I worked there (25 yrs). Just wondering what the latest may be on being ole Mercy back to life. My daughter was born at Kuhn on 11/22/84, and I didnt realize until a few years later after the hospital had closed that theyd put 11/23 on her birth certificate. Also I have bipolar disorder. The inspector said if nothing is said or done within that 120 days, the issue would be taken to the Mayor and Board of Alderman. Dr. Montanezs wife was in training at Kuhn also. We lived on Claremont Circle in Wildwood. Thanks for your input AND have a Happy New Year. thank you! Went yeserday with a couple of friends. It really distresses me to know and see the photos of that miracle working place. Polly and I delivered babies there after 1977. 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, I have many fond memories of working in and around that building for years. I wonder what happened to the HUGE books in the basement recording the names, dates, and medical problems of patients going way back to 1900? 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. It WAS a hospital for people with no insurance, no money. She was a LPN. It was built in 1797! Was Kuhn considered the de facto black hospital for Vicksburg and the surrounding area? There was no such thing in those days. I wonder what really happened. i felt the strong feeling of death and grief. Amanda, I have emailed her but she has not yet replied. Amanda, I started working there in 1980. (LogOut/ http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/cooper/index.php?itemno=2792. (That is, if youre feeling brave.). I was scheduled to give birth here but was sent to Jackson when I went into labor early. The State of Mississippi also has records of your birth, parents, etc. Planning a trip to come and visit it ASAP!! I was born 5/8/1974.i was born thier also. I can not recall the year but I took Georgia Marshall RN position and it was soon after the new ER was built and I worked in that Dept for 25 years. Bea Blackmon (I was a Coventry back then). Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. Physical abuse was one of the ways they used to control the patients. My first child was born, Nov. 2001,at Mercy which was named Parkview at the time. Anyway my name is Mary and if you want please contact me. FAIRMONT Officials at the Marion County Humane Society No-Kill Shelter are working with law enforcement to identify and question the person who apparently abandoned a dog and left it for days. This hospital had an asylum and morgue and a prison unit. Where was the morgue located? His name is Greg Pearson and his number is 601-883-5000. Many of the plans would fall through and nothing much has happened with the building since then. Dont believe me? My mother and sister both went to Mercy school. As for the paranormal, it IS home to many, many spirits. My mother was born there and died there just before it closed. Kuhn Memorial Hospital; The Man Hunt is over. Those sound like such valuable records, it would be a shame for them to be lost in the shuffle of time. My mother was Peggy Ann Calcote and her older sister was Janice Calcote. Keep in mind, before these people broke in, there was still alot of hope for the place and still had power and working plumbing to where now its a shell with a few decent floors. Im not the type of person to take chances or disobey law enforcement. I dont remember which office has those records but start with the Mississippi State Health Dept. Interesting building, I do suggest if you go there dont go by yourself for where its located is not safe. Kris, it is a sad day today in seeing items being moved out of the Street Clinic to the new medical building on 61N. still a long way and bad roads. Two nurses whom she worked with and loved were BoBo, Dr. Jarretts nurse, I believe, I was born at Kuhn memorial hospital in May 1977was tryin to find my medical record or a baby picture of myself i love to know a little about my history. Ray Mabus has proposed closing the three charity hospitals that the nations poorest state operates for its poorest people. My daughter, Rachel L. McGaha was born there on March 7, 1990. Was told they may have moved to Kentucky to practice . Unless its just allowed to rot down, which I guess is the current option. Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? The elevator shaft was probably one of the most eerie spots. It didnt have the time on it either (she was born in 1951) and was delivered by a midwife in Itta Bena, Mississippi. In this I am in hopes of opening a Private Christian School along with using the Hospital for a Christian Retreat center and the street clinic for community classes such as art, paint, community choir and band, cooking and canning classes etc for the community! Over the years, visitors to the cemetery have claimed that the statue of Laura Kelly appears to be weeping. Susan, I just thought of another Mercy physician that delivered babies in 1962. Does anyone know who the obstetricians were in 1962? She has the warmest heart EVER! It turned out to be a vast amount of informaton. Heres how the Vicksburg Evening Post described the closure in its June 25, 1989 article Kuhn Provided Long, Proud History of Medical Care: Kuhn Memorial State Hospitals role in the history of Vicksburg comes to an end this week. Do you think there is any reasonable hope that any part of the hospital could be saved? 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I am a 1963 graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing.. Afrer graduation I worked on OB there for about 4 years. (LogOut/ In 2016, I returned to Vicksburg and was driving around and saw how the hospital was abandoned and in seemingly a lot of disrepair. My second son was born at Mercy Hospital. The abandoned portion of the Beelitz-Heilsttten Hospital is located off of Strae nach Fichtenwalde 16, in Beelitz-Heilsttten, Beelitz, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The decaying Kuhn Memorial State Hospital has a rich history. It also makes me sick to see the old Mercy Hospital just sitting there along with the Street Clinic for I retired from there after 45 years of service.