Wesson Health Center

Wesson Health Center
601.974.1207

Health Services does provide limited on-campus medical treatment to all Millsaps students free of charge. Our medical services are provided by the University of Mississippi Department of Family Medicine. Final year family medicine residents rotate through our center on a monthly basis during the academic year, and are supervised by departmental teaching staff.

For basic medical treatment off campus, you may make an appointment with a doctor on your own. Our doctors on campus will usually refer students to the Lakeland Family Practice Center, which is run by the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Department of Family Medicine. You will need an appointment to see a doctor. The Lakeland Family Practice Center is located at 878 Lakeland Drive, just a few blocks west of St. Dominic Hospital. The phone number is 601-984-6800.

Local Health Clinics
If students wish to see a doctor when our clinic is not open (for non-emergencies), they may visit one of the local walk-in clinics, such as:

NOTE: Unless your medical insurance is with one of the large Mississippi managed care networks, expect to have to pay for your visit out of pocket and file your own medical insurance.

Should there be a medical emergency on campus which does not involve on-campus housing, but requires an ambulance:

• Call Campus Safety first at extension 1234.
• Tell them the nature of the emergency and where the patient is located.
• Allow Campus Safety to call 911 for an ambulance.
• Campus Safety will give them directions and escort them to the patient.
• Campus Safety will notify appropriate staff or involved people.

If a resident or visitor in a residence hall is involved and the situation is not critical, contact a resident assistant first (if one is close by or can be found quickly) and let them call Campus Safety to request an ambulance. If a resident assistant cannot be found quickly, call Campus Safety at extension 1234.

If an ambulance is not needed, someone close to the patient can transport him/her to an emergency room for treatment. Jackson area emergency rooms, closest to most distant, are:

There are also emergency rooms outside the Jackson area at Merit Health Rankin and Merit Health Madison.

Psychiatric Emergencies
If you believe a student or visitor is in immediate danger of doing physical harm to himself/herself and is in a residence hall, find a resident assistant with whom you can discuss your concerns. Have someone stay with the person to provide support at least until Millsaps staff become involved directly and a plan is determined. Remember that getting someone the medical help he or she needs is worth having that person possibly upset that you betrayed a confidence. In case of an actual suicide attempt that does not appear to require an ambulance, there are two emergency rooms in hospitals with psychiatric units close by. They are: