Officials at OCH Regional Medical Center removed the state flag from the county property following Tuesday's board meeting.
"During a regular monthly meeting on Feb. 23, the OCH Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees voted to rescind its previous action in June 2000 to fly the state flag," said OCH Public Relations Director Mary Kathryn Kight in an emailed statement.
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to remove the flag from all county-owned properties in January. In the weeks that followed, residents questioned why the hospital was still flying the flag.
On Feb. 3, county officials were unsure why the hospital was still displaying the flag. Board Attorney Jack Brown speculated the decision might have to come from the hospital trustees.
Hospital officials responded by citing the June 2000 ruling along with waiting until the flag was redesigned or another vote was taken, OCH CEO Richard Hilton said in early February.
Oktibbeha County NAACP chapter president Chris Taylor said the flag should have been removed sooner.
"I just thought it should have been done after the county voted instead of the hospital board voting on it," Taylor said. "Once the supervisors say something, they should've done it since it's county-owned. But I applaud the hospital board for removing it."
County officials appoint trustees to the hospital board.
"I think it provides continuity for all county properties now," Taylor said.
In July, city officials voted to remove the flag from all municipal properties in a 4-3 decision.
State legislators will forgo any vote to redesign the state flag, which features a Confederate emblem, this year after leaders acknowledged not holding a majority to remove the contentious symbol.
Tuesday was the deadline for legislative committees to act on general bills.
In 2001 following a statewide vote, 64.39 percent of Mississippians voted to keep the current flag. In the election, 55.45 percent of Oktibbeha County residents voted for a new flag without the Confederate emblem.