Richard Lucas Quotations

We were throughout the storm. Our medical care has never been compromised.

We have not read the opinion but we are aware of the denial of the Certificate of Need. We are very disappointed in this opinion. The opposition of the CON by several Harrison County hospitals who are owned by for-profit out-of-state interests is very unfortunate.

It looks like the remarried people are slightly lower than the stably married people.

The fact that we will not be able to add these beds immediately not only hurts the citizens of Jackson County, but also parts of Harrison County.

We have handled numerous trauma cases from Harrison County because the emergency departments in several of the Harrison County hospitals are not open to trauma every night. We have had extremely high patient census at Ocean Springs Hospital for the last several months, including these extra trauma cases, which points out how much the beds are needed.

When we look at people who start out single, get married, and then get divorced, they look different than the people who start out single, get married, and stay married. Specifically, the ones who will stay married start out happier-than-average . . .

Joe was hired a long time ago, did a good job and stuck around. Despite all the changes, he's still the same. He still thinks he's a pre-law student.

It's a classic example (his appointment) of someone learning the business and then deciding that he wanted to go into administration and gets the proper education and came back.

It's a good story, a young man does well and he's having success as administrator of Ocean Springs Hospital.

We really, really need someone to go forward with this in the county. It's a huge industry. A lot of people are misinformed when they think it doesn't mean much to the whole tax base because it's huge.