{"id":6337,"date":"2026-09-05T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:02:43","slug":"g-a-carmichael-family-health-center-opens-in-yazoo-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=6337","title":{"rendered":"G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center opens in Yazoo City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YAZOO CITY, Miss. (WLBT) -U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson cut the ribbon Monday on the new G.A. Carmichael Family <a href="https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=6334" title="Health<\/a> warnings could reduce youth\u2019s hours spent on social media”>Health<\/a> Center on Grand Avenue, marking the opening of a $7 million, 23,000-square-foot facility designed to expand healthcare access in Yazoo County<\/p>\n

City and state officials joined Thompson for the ceremony. The facility opens to the public Sept. 7<\/p>\n

The center will offer primary care, pediatrics, podiatry, women\u2019s health services, sonography including 3D imaging, dental services, WIC services, behavioral health care, and an in-house drive-thru pharmacy<\/p>\n

The facility also includes an indoor walking track, demonstration kitchens, and community wellness spaces<\/p>\n

Thompson said the facility addresses a longstanding gap in local healthcare access<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you have to understand is that Yazoo County is medically underserved,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cWhat we now have is a first-class facility that the people who live here can receive medical care. They won\u2019t have to go to Jackson, they won\u2019t have to go to these other places. They can come right here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

James L. Coleman Jr., chief executive officer of G.A. Carmichael, said the project reflects a collective commitment<\/a> to the community<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a culmination of what I would say, dreams deferred,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cSometimes people don\u2019t have enough faith and belief in what you can do for other people. This day represents the fact I had an amazing team that has come together to provide a building quality healthcare for quality citizens of Yazoo City in Mississippi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleman said the facility is meant to signal the community\u2019s value to its residents<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people don\u2019t feel like they deserve the type of quality care that others do,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cSo this building again represents the fact that people came together to say Yazoo City, we care about you. Yazoo, we value you. Yazoo, this is for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Thompson learned the facility will bear his name. The honor carried personal significance for the congressman<\/p>\n

\u201cBennie Thompson was delivered by a midwife because there were no doctors in my community,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo now, we have doctors available as well as midwives to deal with childbirth. So, it\u2019s important to remember from whence you come. Everybody couldn\u2019t go to a hospital. Facilities like these matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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