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A member of the medical profession for 18 years, Brandy Bruce, an RN at Forrest General Hospital, said it was taking care of patients that brought her to radiology after stints in both critical care and surgery.

For the second time since COVID-19’s impact, there is a critical blood shortage in the Greater Hattiesburg area. Emergency blood drives are set for Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center (220 West Front Street) in downtown Hattiesburg and are sponsored by Forrest General Hospital and Vitalant.

“We Got This!” was Justin Carpenter’s excited battle cry as he graduated from the Project SEARCH program. Carpenter was one of 10 students from the Petal, Hattiesburg, and Lamar County school districts who completed the inaugural program hosted by Forrest General Hospital. A graduation ceremony was held Monday at the Kamper Park Pavilion where graduates were surrounded by family, friends, and instructors. Graduates were assigned time slots to help with social distancing.

Forrest General Women & Children’s Services was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sales & Marketing Professionals Pine Belt.

Forrest General honored its outstanding nurses during National Nurses Week celebrations, including announcing Nurse of the Year, Nurse Manager of the Year and Tech of the Year.