Neshoba Hospital Turns a Profit

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — A new audit shows Neshoba County General Hospital and Nursing Home earned a profit of $5 million during its 2013 fiscal year.

A local newspaper reports it was the third consecutive year that revenue exceeded expenses and the facility’s financial situation improved.

The hospital and nursing home recorded a profit of almost $3.5 million in fiscal 2012 after a $213,575 profit the previous year.

In fiscal 2010, the facility booked a $1.9 million loss.

Hospital administrator Lee McCall says the audit was good news.

McCall says the county-owned hospital gained revenue from the nursing home. And he says the hospital handled an increased number of patients during the first year in its new facility.