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October 22, 2021 – The Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, Veterans Affairs Committee, recently organized a group of chamber members to provide support to the 24 Georgia National Guardsmen deployed to Southeast Georgia Health System during the recent surge of the COVID-19 virus. “We recognize how the work of our National Guardsmen during this time serves as vital support for ...
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October 6, 2021 – Do you have a pair of crutches gathering dust in your closet? Hospitals throughout the United States are currently experiencing a shortage on crutches, and Southeast Georgia Health System is no exception. “If you have a pair of new or gently used adult regular or universal crutches, we ask that you consider donating them to the Health System,” says Kyle ...
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Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Gastroenterology has also announced the addition of a second office in Brunswick. Effective October 4, 2021, David Whitehead, M.D. , and Deborah Lindahl, NP-C, will begin seeing patients at the new office located in the Southeast Georgia Health System Outpatient Care Center, 2500 Starling Street, Suite 506. The offices located at 3217 Fourth Street in ...
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October 1, 2021 - Due to the increase of positive COVID-19 cases within our communities, and in the interest of protecting our patients and team members, hospital inpatient visitation will be restricted, effective Friday, October 1, 2021, until further notice. This does not apply to the Senior Care Centers. This update allows for: Visitor hours : Daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. All visitors must be age 18 or ...
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September 29, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System has begun administering free Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to a larger segment of the general population as recommended by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Health System began administering third dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to a limited group of immunocompromised ...
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Upon arriving to work recently, Laura Hardy, R.N., noticed that COVID-19 reports were suddenly down 10 cases. Given the latest surge of local COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, this news was initially puzzling to Hardy and several of her co-workers until being informed the decrease in cases was only because 10 more people had lost their battle to the virus overnight. Dealing with the loss of ...
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September 23, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome board-certified gastroenterologist Ciel Harris, M.D., to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Gastroenterology and the Brunswick Campus medical staff. From a young age, Harris knew that she wanted to work in health care. “It was always my childhood dream to be a physician. It was only after I started my ...
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September 21, 2021 – Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a lifesaving blood transfusion. This is why there is a constant need to resupply the blood used from volunteer donors. To keep these lifesaving blood transfusions and surgeries proceeding, the American Red Cross needs more donors, especially blood types O negative, A negative, and B negative. However, all blood types ...
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When you’re coping with a major challenge, do you ever wish someone understood just what you’re going through? Anyone who doubts the gravity of the pandemic should speak to Valory Peeples, MBA, RRT, Director of Cardiopulmonary Services at Southeast Georgia Health System. “I would ask them to follow one of my respiratory therapists for the day as they care for 12 patients on ...
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September 2, 2021 – The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation invites you to participate in the annual ARTrageous Bras fundraiser. Registrations and sponsorship opportunities for the annual fundraiser, which provides participants an opportunity to challenge their creativity by decorating bras in a theme of their choice, with the goal of raising breast cancer awareness, are available ...
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August 23, 2021 – Following the recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Southeast Georgia Health System is now offering a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to individuals with specific immune conditions at its Brunswick and Camden Campus vaccine clinics. Currently, the CDC is ...
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August 16, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System was honored with the 2020 Exceptional Service Award at the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce Awards dinner on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in recognition of providing exceptional service and commitment to the community and the Chamber. The award was presented by Ralph Staffins, president, Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce. ...
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August 16, 2021 – Whether caused by sports or a fall, how well you recover from a concussion determines your quality of life at home, work, school and sports – presently and in the future. Your symptoms may be minor or serious, but one thing is certain: you need a doctor who specializes in concussion treatment and understands how to help you heal. Until now, that level of specialized ...
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As COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to surge upwards, Walter Alexander, R.N., receives an important call in the midst of his assiduous work as a House Manager at Southeast Georgia Health System. Two teenage granddaughters are requesting to visit and say goodbye to their beloved grandmother who isn’t expected to live much longer. Even though the girls’ grandmother has not ...
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August 9, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System offers free nasal swab PCR (molecular polymerase chain reaction) COVID-19 testing at its Brunswick and Camden campuses for symptomatic and asymptomatic (no symptoms present) individuals. The PCR test detects if an individual is infected with COVID-19. Rapid testing and antigen testing are not available. The Health System’s outpatient ...
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August 9, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System has surpassed its previous peak of 98 hospitalized COVID-19 patients set in July 2020 with a reported 112 inpatients on August 8, 2021, 36 of whom are in the intensive care unit. “More than half of our hospitalized patients are COVID-19 patients,” states Michael D. Scherneck, president and CEO, Southeast Georgia Health System. ...
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August 4, 2021 – With the number of positive COVID-19 patients increasing every day at its Brunswick and Camden Campus hospitals, Southeast Georgia Health System nurses and physicians are pleading with the community to get vaccinated. “We’re tired, and we’re at our wits’ end,” says Jan Jones, R.N., BSN, director, Patient Care Services, Southeast Georgia Health ...
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August 5, 2021 – As the number of COVID-19 cases surge again, Southeast Georgia Health System is strongly urging parents to have their children, age 12 and older, vaccinated against the virus and to encourage their children to wear face masks when in the classroom. “One of a parent’s greatest concerns, from the time they first learn they are pregnant, is their child’s ...
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August 3, 2021 – As with most hospitals across the nation, Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick and Camden Campus hospitals are experiencing substantially higher than normal patient volumes and long emergency room wait times. Health System leadership reports the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, driven by the more contagious delta variant and low vaccination rates, as the primary ...
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President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Christmas is not a time or season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real Christmas spirit.” Busy with our everyday lives, too often we wait until the holiday season to give back to our communities and the ones who need us most. But, fortunately for Hand in Hand of Glynn, the Southeast ...
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July 28, 2021 – A slow-healing wound is nothing to ignore. The longer it goes untreated, the greater the risk of a serious infection, amputation and/or complications. That’s why if you have a chronic wound—a wound that hasn’t healed in four weeks—you should consult the wound care experts at the Wound Care Center on the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick or ...
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July 22, 2021 – There will be a called meeting of the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Authority (the “Authority”) on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, beginning at 11:45 a.m. The Authority will review and consider the Georgia Department of Community Health Upper Payment Limit for Physician Services for the State’s Fiscal Years 2018-2020 and the Hospital Authority fiscal year 2021 ...
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July 22, 2021 – Due to the increasing number of positive coronavirus cases and hospitalized COVID-19 patients, Southeast Georgia Health System is postponing its Health & Wellness Fair scheduled for Saturday, July 24, until further notice. An announcement will be released when a new date has been set. “Due to the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases, we believe this decision ...
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July 22, 2021 – When the ball dropped in Times Square to mark the start of 2021, many of us, especially health care providers, were finally experiencing a sense of hopefulness that the devastating pandemic might actually be near its end. COVID-19 vaccinations had become a reality. But, while many eagerly waited in line for their vaccinations, others adopted a ‘wait and see’ ...
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As with anything new, people have questions. However, sometimes it is hard to decipher the difference between myth and truth. Understanding the facts about COVID-19 and the steps people can take to eradicate it are equally important. To help keep the community informed, Southeast Georgia Health System will have an “Ask a Doctor” booth at this year’s Community Health & ...
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