Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon opened the doors of the first burn center in the state since 2005, when a Greenville facility closed its doors, reports WLBT. With the Greenville closure, burn patients in Mississippi had to travel out of state for care.

The new center will still send severely burned patients to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga.

"We will take the patients that are appropriate for our level of care. The patients who are severely burned will still go to Augusta, but for follow-up care, they'll be able to be seen here," Allen Tyra, CEO of Crossgates River Oaks Hospital told WLBT.

The Greenville burn center closed because of budget and staffing issues, according to the story.