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SGMC Named Top 10 Large Hospital by Georgia Trend Magazine

Posted on: December 1st, 2015

South Georgia Medical Center was recognized as the Top 10 Large Hospital in Georgia for 2015 by Georgia Trend magazine. The full article can be read online at georgiatrend.com.The December issue […]

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SGMC Wins GOLD in National Workplace Partner For Life (WPFL) Hospital Campaign

Posted on: November 30th, 2015

11/30/2015 Michelle Burkett, RN, BSN with LifeLink of Georgia presents Toni Quimby SGMC representative with the gold award for its organ, eye, and tissue donation and registration efforts through the […]

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SGRL and SGMC Agree to Terms of Property Transfer

Posted on: November 27th, 2015

10/27/2015 Valdosta, GA –In a joint announcement, the Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Regional Library (SGRL) and the Board of Trustees of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and […]

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Local 8th Graders Win Mini iPad for Great American Smokeout Essay

Posted on: November 24th, 2015

Valdosta, GA- Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S. Each year smoking accounts for 443,000 premature deaths and 49,000 nonsmokers die […]

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SGMC Lanier Campus Releases Community Health Needs Assessment Findings

Posted on: November 20th, 2015

Lakeland, GA – SGMC Lanier Campus has finalized its FY2016 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Report and posted the findings on its website, www.sgmc.org.The CHNA is a federal requirement for […]

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SGMC Joins Health Care Leaders in Launching ‘Nobody Quits Like Georgia’

Posted on: November 13th, 2015

11/13/2015 Valdosta, GA– SGMC is proud to join more than 30 other state health leaders, patient and provider groups, and health care delivery systems in launching “Nobody Quits Like Georgia.” […]

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Former Football Star Adrian Peterson Gives Back

Posted on: November 13th, 2015

Medical Oncologist Eric Anderson, MD & Adrian N. Peterson Valdosta, GA – Former National Football League and United Football League Running Back Adrian N. Peterson presented SGMC Pearlman Cancer Center […]

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Valwood fundraising benefits SGMC

Posted on: October 30th, 2015

Valdosta, GA –When the Pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) students at Valwood School selected the Coins for Crayons fundraiser benefiting hospitalized children at SGMC, little did they know that the fundraising effort would […]

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SGMC Recognized for Care of Adult Cardiac Arrest Patients

Posted on: October 29th, 2015

10/29/2015 VALDOSTA — South Georgia Medical Center has been recognized for implementing the latest research-based treatment guidelines for adult cardiac arrests patients through the American Heart Association’s Get With the […]

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Patient Presents Special Flag to SGMC’s Dasher Memorial Heart Center

Posted on: October 16th, 2015

Valdosta, GA- Former heart patient John Fischbach, Sr. presented a very special American flag to South Georgia Medical Center’s Dasher Memorial Heart Center on Monday, October 5. This particular flag […]

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