Convalescent Blood Donors Needed Locally South Georgia Medical Center treated it’s first COVID-19 positive patient with convalescent plasma on Tuesday as part of the Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Study. […]
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Notice of Called Meeting
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 […]
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SGMC Supports the Community’s Needs with Inpatients at the Smith Northview Campus
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 […]
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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 […]
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SGMC Receives In Hospital COVID-19 Testing Capability
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 […]
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SGMC Opens ER Triage Tent
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 […]
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SGMC Clinics Expand Telemedicine
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 […]
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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, […]
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SGMC announces opening of COVID-19 screening station
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 […]
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SGMC Confirms Positive Case of COVID-19
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 […]
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