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South Georgia Medical Center is planning a series of changes affecting its Youth Care and Phone Triage services.  On Monday, April 30, Youth Care, SGMC’s after-hours pediatric clinic, will move […]

Members of SGMC pose for photographs with Mayor John Gayle after a tour of the hospital facilities. Pictured L-R: EMS Assistant Chief of Clinical and Educational Services Jeremy Norman, EMS […]

3/30/2012 South Georgia Medical Center hosted its annual Doctors Day breakfast at its SMITH Northview and Main campuses on Friday, March 30. Hosted by the Medical Affairs department, the breakfast […]

Twelve employees of South Georgia Medical Center’s Mobile HealthCare Services were recently presented Life Saver award medals by the Southwest Georgia Region 8 EMS Council. These Life Saver medals are […]

Lanier County Emergency Medical Services Director Randy Patten was awarded the EMS Director of the Year award for 2012 at the Region 8 EMS awards banquet held at Spence Field […]

If you missed Bel Canto the past three years, you missed a treat. Bel Canto (Beautiful Singing) is a concert by internationally known singers performing popular arias. Many who attended the […]

South Georgia Medical Center announces the appointment of David Retterbush, MD, FACS, FACG as the new medical director at the Wound Healing Center. In his new role, Dr. Retterbush will work […]

Healthcare professionals from South Georgia Medical Center recently became some of the first in Georgia to obtain a professional certificate in lean healthcare from Georgia Tech. Assistant Administrator for Ancillary […]

Staff of South Georgia Medical Center and the SGMC Pearlman Cancer Center become Diamond Angel Sponsors for the 2012 Relay for Life of Lowndes County The American Cancer Society is […]

3/3/2012 At approximately 12:45 pm today (March 3), a tornado touched down in an area behind Louis Smith Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital located on Thigpen Avenue in […]