<p>KDMC President and CEO Fred Jackson speaks to a full house at the Portsmouth Kiwanis regular meeting.</p>

KDMC President and CEO Fred Jackson speaks to a full house at the Portsmouth Kiwanis regular meeting.

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KDMC numbers continue to rise
01:00 AM, Thursday, May 16
King’s Daughters Medical Center President and CEO Fred Jackson said the continual growth of services offered in their more than 50 facilities, including their new KDMC Ohio hospital, is due to the quality and advanced medical treatments provided....

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