CEO of Starkville hospital retiring

The leader of OCH Regional Medical Center says he is retiring after 35 years with the hospital.

Posted: Apr 25, 2018 7:03 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - The leader of OCH Regional Medical Center says he is retiring after 35 years with the hospital.

Chief Executive Officer Richard Hilton is stepping down after six years in the job. He started with the Starkville hospital as chief financial officer in 1983.

The hospital board accepted his resignation Tuesday night.

Hilton says he will stay in his job during the transition to a new leader.

His departure comes as the county-owned hospital is looking at options to team with one of the major hospital systems in the region.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 112123

Reported Deaths: 3223

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	7823	176
DeSoto	6767	78
Harrison	4902	83
Jackson	4393	83
Rankin	3859	86
Madison	3757	93
Lee	3490	79
Forrest	2980	78
Jones	2853	84
Washington	2537	99
Lafayette	2440	42
Lauderdale	2398	134
Lamar	2190	38
Bolivar	1994	77
Oktibbeha	1976	54
Neshoba	1820	111
Lowndes	1755	62
Panola	1676	38
Leflore	1632	87
Sunflower	1588	49
Warren	1532	55
Monroe	1465	72
Pontotoc	1452	19
Pike	1372	56
Lincoln	1368	56
Marshall	1362	26
Copiah	1357	36
Coahoma	1240	36
Scott	1238	29
Grenada	1206	38
Yazoo	1199	33
Simpson	1195	49
Union	1160	25
Leake	1139	40
Holmes	1137	60
Tate	1136	39
Itawamba	1113	25
Pearl River	1105	59
Adams	1052	43
Prentiss	1029	19
Wayne	994	21
Alcorn	967	12
George	957	18
Covington	945	25
Marion	933	42
Tippah	865	21
Newton	849	27
Chickasaw	832	25
Winston	826	21
Tallahatchie	825	25
Tishomingo	797	41
Hancock	787	27
Attala	781	26
Clarke	727	50
Clay	684	21
Jasper	674	17
Walthall	633	27
Calhoun	618	12
Noxubee	596	17
Smith	585	16
Claiborne	534	16
Montgomery	531	23
Tunica	523	17
Yalobusha	513	14
Lawrence	504	14
Perry	484	23
Carroll	468	12
Greene	459	18
Stone	455	14
Amite	420	13
Humphreys	419	16
Quitman	417	6
Jefferson Davis	400	11
Webster	366	13
Wilkinson	331	20
Kemper	321	15
Benton	319	4
Sharkey	280	14
Jefferson	271	10
Franklin	237	3
Choctaw	203	6
Issaquena	106	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 153016

Reported Deaths: 2633

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	22720	374
Mobile	14405	314
Tuscaloosa	10066	137
Montgomery	9820	196
Madison	9078	94
Shelby	7153	61
Lee	6461	65
Baldwin	6443	69
Marshall	4310	48
Calhoun	4160	59
Etowah	4122	49
Morgan	4000	33
Houston	3655	32
DeKalb	3254	28
Elmore	3128	52
St. Clair	2838	42
Limestone	2736	30
Walker	2699	93
Talladega	2591	35
Cullman	2310	24
Lauderdale	2125	40
Jackson	2055	15
Autauga	2021	30
Franklin	2017	31
Colbert	1933	30
Russell	1905	3
Blount	1873	25
Dallas	1860	27
Chilton	1826	32
Escambia	1714	28
Coffee	1682	9
Covington	1666	29
Dale	1638	51
Chambers	1330	43
Pike	1313	13
Tallapoosa	1295	87
Clarke	1273	17
Marion	1050	29
Butler	998	40
Barbour	996	9
Marengo	982	22
Winston	906	13
Geneva	844	7
Lawrence	811	31
Pickens	811	17
Randolph	805	14
Bibb	801	14
Hale	748	30
Cherokee	723	14
Clay	722	12
Lowndes	702	28
Henry	638	6
Bullock	637	17
Monroe	636	10
Washington	623	12
Crenshaw	598	30
Perry	581	6
Wilcox	559	12
Fayette	557	13
Conecuh	556	13
Cleburne	532	7
Macon	530	20
Sumter	468	21
Lamar	459	5
Choctaw	387	12
Greene	340	16
Coosa	199	3
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0