COVINGTON, Tenn., April 21, 2009 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale recently donated $180,000 to Dyersburg State Community College to fund a nursing instructor position at the DSCC Jimmy Naifeh Center for the next three years.

“Without the generous support of Baptist Tipton and Baptist Lauderdale, DSCC would not have been able to open a new nursing program at the DSCC Jimmy Naifeh Center in January 2007,” said DSCC President Dr. Karen Bowyer. “The first set of 25 graduates in the regular Registered Nurse class and 15 graduates in the licensed practical nurse to RN Fast Track Program received their associate degrees in December 2008. Now with additional assistance for another three years, DSCC will continue to prepare nurses for the Baptist Memorial hospitals in Tipton and Lauderdale counties.”

Baptist Memorial Health Care is DSCC’s largest donor. Since 1992, the organization has donated nearly $1 million to the school, provided members for several advisory committees and employed many DSCC graduates.

“DSCC is such an important resource for this community, and we are happy to lend our support however we can,” said Skipper Bondurant, CEO and administrator at Baptist Tipton. “The school does a wonderful job of educating and training future leaders.”

Baptist Tipton, located in Covington, Tenn., is a 100-bed acute care facility that includes a surgery department, outpatient rehabilitation, a sleep disorders lab and radiology services, as well as a 24-hour emergency room. The hospital also features an open magnetic resonance imaging unit, housed in the hospital’s radiology department, and an advanced infant security system.

For more information, please call 901-476-2621 or visit tipton.baptistonline.org.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale offers a wide range of services including cardiology, family practice, general surgery and internal medicine. Other services include inpatient mental health programs for seniors, mammography and ultrasound, as well as physical and occupational therapy.

For more information, please call 731-221-2200 or visit lauderdale.baptistonline.org.

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