September 13, 2017, 3 p.m. – The Southeast Georgia Health System
Brunswick and Camden campus hospitals and Emergency Care Centers have
remained open and operational through and in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
A few exceptions:
• Cooperative Healthcare Services, Inc./Southeast Georgia Physician
Associates physician practices, including our Immediate Care Centers,
are closed today/Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The circumstances will be
closely monitored to allow us to reopen these practices as soon as possible.
• Elective surgeries, endoscopy procedures and elective cardiac catheterization
services originally scheduled for today/Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 will
be rescheduled; we expect to provide these elective services starting
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017.
• Outpatient laboratory and radiology are being offered on a limited
basis today/Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017; we expect to provide full services
beginning Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017.
• Cancer Care Center services including Infusion are being provided
to scheduled patients today/Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.
• FREE Prostate Screenings scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 and
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2017 have been canceled and will be rescheduled for
a future date.
In advance of the storm, and in the interest of safety of their vulnerable
residents, our Senior Care Centers in Brunswick and St. Marys arranged
to transfer their residents to other facilities away from the coast. Those
relocated residents will return when authorized by local emergency management
officials.
We extend our deepest gratitude to those team members, medical staff and
partners – including emergency medical services – for their
tireless efforts during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. As our
community begins recovery efforts, the Health System remains ready to
support the health care needs of the community.