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. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayTents for patients are in place inside of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe 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. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayMembers 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. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe mobile field hospital is prepared at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayHealth professionals prepare the emergency room area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayHealth professionals work in the lab area of the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayDr. 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. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayA patient is examined at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayBreanna Oaks’ daughter, Aryianna Fuller, is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayAryianna Fuller is treated in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayMedical professionals treat Aryianna Fuller in the mobile field hospital at the National Guard Armory in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Patients seek care at field hospital in Rolling Fork after tornado
by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today April 3, 2023
Eric J. Shelton was a 2018 corps member in Report for America, and joined the team as our first photojournalist. A native of Columbia, Miss., Eric earned his bachelor’s in photojournalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a multimedia journalist for Abilene Reporter-News, chief photographer for the Hattiesburg American and photo editor for the Killeen Daily Herald before joining our team June 2018. He rejoined Mississippi Today as our health photojournalist in January 2022.
