Rush Foundation Hospital is a major community-based acute care medical center that serves inpatients and outpatients who are primarily residents of the area, including Meridian, Mississippi and communities that are within a 70 mile radius of Meridian..
As a 215-bed facility, Rush Foundation Hospital is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art medical care for the families of our region.
For over 90 years Rush has maintained a commitment to offering a complete scope of healthcare services.. * The Family Birth Center is one of the first of its kind in Mississippi. The center features a new,renovated labor and delivery unit with 18 LDR suites where new mothers can experience all phases of the birthing process including labor,delivery and recovery,all in the comfort of a single room.
* Rush is proud to offer a new and enlarged Newborn Intensive Care Unit. This 12-bed unit offers a special quality of care for premature and high-risk infants.
* Housed in a 17,632-square-foot facility,Rush Rehabilitation Services is dedicated to the improved healing of our community. Services offered include Physical Therapy,Occupational Therapy,Speech Therapy,Aquatic Therapy and a Reading Clinic.
* The Rush Heart Institute,located in the hospital,provides heart healthcare including prevention,detection and treatment - cardiovascular and vascular surgery. We offer non-invasive testing including: treadmills,nuclear medicine,echocardiography,arrhythmia detection and pacemaker evaluation. Interventional cardiology includes balloon angioplasty and stents.
* For area athletes,the Rush Sports Medicine Team provides the community with the very best care in the area of sports medicine and orthopaedics. The team provides athletic physicals,outpatient rehab services and Saturday morning clinics.