The young man in the center of the photo is searching for his friend just after sunrise. The tornado killed several people in the trailer park behind Chuck's Dairy Bar. Photo by David Day
by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today
April 3, 2023
ROLLING FORK – The University of Mississippi Medical Center worked with the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to deploy a mobile field hospital to Rolling Fork after tornadoes devastated the state’s Delta and northern regions on March 24.
The fully operational mobile field hospital will serve as a temporary home for the Delta Health Center hospital and medical clinic system for both Sharkey and Issaquena counties.
Medical professionals wait for patients outside of the mobile field hospital, located at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Tents for patients are in place inside of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s AirCare flight team lands at a mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Members of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s AirCare flight team walk past hospital beds in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.The mobile field hospital is prepared at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Health professionals prepare the emergency room area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Health professionals work in the lab area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Dr. Andrew George, chief of staff at Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital, treats Red Cross volunteer Wanda Webb in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.A patient is examined at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Breanna Oaks’ daughter, Aryianna Fuller, is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Aryianna Fuller is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.Medical professionals treat Aryianna Fuller in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023.
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