SRHS Healthcare Academy hosts high school students

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Health System’s new healthcare academy in Ocean Springs hosted high school students from across South Mississippi Friday.

These were students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare.

The career and technical education event gave the students the ability to earn clinical hours, practice their skills in a controlled setting, and talk to Singing River employees and doctors about the work they do.

Specific specialties the students learned about included pharmacy jobs, orthopedics, emergency medicine, and more.

A total of 250 students attended the event.