Hattiesburg is a Mississippi "Certified Retirement
Community, which means that Hattiesburg meets a number of criterion,
including providing affordable housing, good health care, adequate
public transportation and plentiful cultural opportunities
Hattiesburg
has excellent medical care. The two major medical facilities,
Forrest General Hospital and Wesley Medical Center, together provide 800
beds and employ 300 physicians in all specialties. Forrest
General, in particular, is a full-service regional medical center that
serves 17 counties. Both hospitals have programs that provide
seniors with 100% of Medicare-approved hospital costs. They also
offer paperwork assistance and health education classes. The
Hattiesburg Clinic has another 170 physicians on staff.
Of
Hattiesburg population, 16% is age 45 to 64, and 11% is age 65 years of
age or above.
