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HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF VALDOSTA AND LOWNDES COUNTY, GEORGIA PERSONNEL/TRUST COMMITTEE DATE: April 23, 2020 TIME: 9:00AM LOCATION: Executive Board Room, South Georgia Medical Center, 2501 North Patterson Street Valdosta, Georgia […]

SGMC Supports the Community’s Needs with Inpatients at the Smith Northview Campus South Georgia Medical Center will accept inpatient admissions at its Smith Northview Hospital next week. Hospitals and healthcare […]

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia **Pursuant to 51-14-1(g), due to the current declared public emergency, The Hospital Authority is holding the below meetings by teleconference. Finance […]

South Georgia Medical Center’s Laboratory has received its initial supply of COVID-19 testing kits and beginning next week will have the ability to perform tests with a rapid turnaround of […]

As a part of South Georgia Medical Center’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), SGMC has now opened an Emergency Room Triage Tent to help coordinate care for a higher volume of Emergency Room patients with […]

In an effort to limit potential unnecessary COVID-19 exposures, South Georgia Medical Center clinics are expanding the use of telemedicine as an alternative to traditional appointments. Telemedicine involves the use of […]

South Georgia Medical Center is implementing additional precautions to protect its patients, family members and staff from the transmission and community spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. This includes additional enhancements to its Visitor Policies that begin Friday, […]

South Georgia Medical Center announced today the opening of a drive thru COVID-19 Screening Station at its Smith Northview location at 4280 North Valdosta Road.  The drive thru COVID-19 Screening Station will […]

VALDOSTA, Ga- Late last evening, South Georgia Medical Center was notified that a team member who was considered a “high” risk of exposure to the first presumptive positive COVID-19 patient initially […]