Magnolia Hospital v. Mississippi State Department of Health

SULLIVAN, Justice,

for the Court:

Magnolia Hospital of Corinth, Mississippi, sought a Certificate of Need from the *1043Mississippi State Department of Health to establish a cardiovascular surgery service at the Magnolia Hospital in Corinth. Max Hutchinson, M.D., and Pat Ewing, M.D., are cardiovascular surgeons who practice in Hospital Service Area One (1). They are staff members of and hold clinical privileges at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, and are, within the meaning of § 41-7-173(a), Miss.Code Ann. (Supp.1989), qualified as “affected persons.”

Magnolia Hospital…