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your home health alternative North Mississippi Medical Center Home Health allows patients to remain in the home and familiar surroundings with family members participating in their care. The home health staff follows physician orders and communicates closely with the physician as needs arise. Technology has developed to the point where almost any service available in a hospital can be delivered in the home setting with some modification. NMMC Home Health offers speech therapy, as well as physical and occupational therapy. NMMC Home Health cares for patients in the following counties: felt. “It feels a little like a bee sting,” she says. “But we start with a very low intensity and let the patient get used to the way it feels before slowly increasing it. To most people, it’s worth a little discomfort to be able to eat something by mouth.” Treatments last anywhere from eight to 12 weeks or longer, depending on the severity of the problem. “This treatment has been great for me,” Bigham says. “I can actually eat some now. I know I still have some recovering to do, but I feel like I’ve made great progress.” • Alcorn • Benton • Calhoun • Chickasaw • Choctaw • Clay • Itawamba • Lafayette • Lee • Monroe • Oktibbeha • Pontotoc • Prentiss • Tippah • Tishomingo • Union • Webster vim & vigor • wi nter 2009
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