Press Releases Southeast Georgia Health System Presents BEE Award To Norah Galvin Jan 22, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 22, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System recently presented the BEE Award to Norah Galvin, RT(N), (CT), CNMT in recognition of her quick, life-saving response when noticing a man in distress in the Health System’s parking lot. A nuclear medicine technologist in the Health System’s Brunswick Campus Radiology Department, Galvin was nominated for the BEE Award by her ... Keep Reading One Organ Donor Can Save up to 75 Lives: Now is the Time to Donate Life Jan 21, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 21, 2021 – The patient was only 68 years old, but a stroke ended her life. As a registered organ donor, her passing was not in vain. Her generosity, and the efforts of Southeast Georgia Health System professionals, gave three people the gift of life. One of her kidneys was transplanted into a fellow Georgian, a mother of two. A 60-year-old man received her other kidney, and the third ... Keep Reading COVID-19 VACCINE UPDATE Jan 20, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 20, 2021 - Southeast Georgia Health System is continuing to offer COVID-19 vaccines in Brunswick and Kingsland based on vaccine availability. We recognize that there are many people in our community who wish to receive the vaccine and, as more supplies become available, we will work diligently to ensure that everyone who desires a vaccine can receive one, based on the CDC prioritization ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Administers 4,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses in 8 Days Jan 19, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 19, 2021 – Since January 11, the effective date of Governor Kemp’s expansion of the COVID-19 vaccine beyond health care workers and long term care facility residents, Southeast Georgia Health System has administered nearly 4,000 vaccine doses. “We are very pleased at the response of our team members and community to receive the vaccine,” says Michael D. Scherneck, ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Participates in COVID-19 Vaccination Phase 1a Expansion Jan 8, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 7, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System has announced it will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to individuals age 65 and over, as well as police officers, firefighters and other first responders, on Monday, Jan. 11, based on guidelines established by Governor Kemp on Dec. 30, 2020. Vaccines are only available by appointment. Due to the current limited vaccine supply, ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Welcomes 2021 New Year's Day Baby Jan 5, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System ST. MARYS, Georgia: January 5, 2021 – The Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus welcomed its 2021 New Year’s Day baby on Jan. 1, 2021. Elizabeth and Robert Roberts set eyes on their adorable son, Watson Roberts, for the first time at 12:05 a.m. New Year’s Day. Despite having a due date in late December, little Watson held out for the new year, winning the recognition of ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Welcomes the Brunswick Campus 2021 New Year's Day Baby Jan 1, 2021 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System January 1, 2021–While many families were busy on New Year’s Day celebrating the end of 2020 or packing up Christmas decorations, the Kicklighter family was celebrating the addition of a new baby girl to their family. Weighing in at exactly 8 pounds and measuring 20.5 inches long, Sophiann Celine Kicklighter made her debut a week early at 11:16 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1, earning her the ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Welcomes Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Bradley William Newton, M.D. Dec 31, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 31, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome obstetrician and gynecologist Bradley William Newton, M.D. , to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Obstetrics & Gynecology in St. Marys and to the Camden Campus medical staff. His services include annual well-woman visits, cancer screening, family planning and birth control management, contraceptive implants ... Keep Reading Palmer and Ashburn Announced as Volunteers of the Quarter Dec 31, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 31, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently announced Suzanne Palmer as the Brunswick Campus Volunteer of the Quarter and Barbara Ashburn as the Camden Campus Volunteer of the Quarter. Suzanne Palmer, a retired Glynn County teacher of 31 years, began volunteering in the Health System’s Gift Shop in 2001. She was one of the first volunteers to return ... Keep Reading Faster, Easier Pulmonary Function Tests Offered at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Dec 30, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 30, 2020 – Many southeast Georgia residents can breathe easier thanks to new technology at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus. The Health System now offers a type of pulmonary function test (PFT) previously available only in Brunswick or Jacksonville. Known as whole-body plethysmography, the noninvasive, painless test measures how well the lungs are working. It can ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Makes Georgia Trend's Top Hospital List Dec 28, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 28, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus was recently named one of the 2020 Top Hospitals in the state by Georgia Trend. This leading business and lifestyle magazine featured the hospital rankings in the December 2020 issue; the Camden Campus ranked 14th in the small hospital category (fewer than 100 patient beds). “It’s an honor to be recognized ... Keep Reading Phase One of COVID-19 Relief: Southeast Georgia Health System Frontline Team Members Receive Coronavirus Vaccine Dec 21, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 21, 2020 – As part of the Coastal Health District distribution of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Georgia Department of Public Health visited the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden campuses December 17-22, 2020, to distribute more than 450 vaccine doses to frontline team members. “Our team members are being offered the opportunity to receive the vaccine ... Keep Reading A Calm Presence Behind the Scenes Dec 19, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System When you think of a pharmacist, do you picture a serious person in a lab coat, working quietly behind the scenes? Today, a hospital pharmacist is among those toiling in the eye of a hurricane called COVID-19. No matter how rapidly coronavirus information changes or how many patients enter intensive care, a pharmacist must remain calm and focused in the center of the storm. The pharmacists at ... Keep Reading Torras Foundation Presents Donation to Southeast Georgia Health System Frontline Team Members Dec 18, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 18, 2020 – The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation recently received a wonderful donation from the Torras Foundation of more than 150 meals for Health System team members working in COVID-19 critical care areas. The meals are being prepared and delivered by Fox’s Pizza, Reid’s Apothecary and Tipsy McSway’s. “The entire Torras family is grateful for the ... Keep Reading D-Rek's Warriors Holds Toy Drive For Southeast Georgia Health System Pediatric Patients Dec 15, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 15, 2020 – On Saturday, Dec. 5, D-Rek’s Warriors, led by local activist Derek Canas, showered Southeast Georgia Health System with over 200 brand new toys for pediatric patients. Canas, a n HIV-AIDS activist who was diagnosed with HIV following a blood transfusion in 1985, clearly recalls being sick as a child and spending countless days in the hospital. Those days added up to ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Presents Amber Geiger With The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Care Dec 14, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 14, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System recently presented the DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses to Amber Geiger, R.N., in recognition of the kindness and compassion she provides every day to her patients. A Health System team member since 2012, Geiger was nominated for the DAISY Award by a patient she cared for that was admitted to the hospital. Excerpts from the ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Welcomes Jelisa Carroll, D.O., to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Primary Care Dec 11, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 10, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome board-certified family medicine physician Jelisa Carroll, D.O. , to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Primary Care. Carroll completed undergraduate work at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, and earned her medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwannee, Georgia. Her ... Keep Reading Stay Home Today, Save Lives Tomorrow Dec 7, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System December 7, 2020 – You might be social distancing today, but while you’re staying home and staying safe from COVID-19, you can prepare to save lives tomorrow: learn everything you need to know to travel, study and work in Haiti! While the entire world is affected by coronavirus, Haitians are still in need of medical relief from a variety of illnesses, diseases, parasites and injuries. ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Introduces Robotic Knee Replacement Surgery Dec 7, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System November 23, 2020 – Robotic knee surgery data indicates the technology has the potential to speed recovery and improve accuracy compared to standard procedures. If you live in Camden County and need knee surgery, Southeast Georgia Health System has some good news - robotic knee surgery technology is now available at the Health System’s Camden Campus. The ROSA® Knee System provides ... Keep Reading Providing Compassion at a Critical Time Dec 5, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Some people might say that nurses like Christy Owens, R.N. and Blake Wright, BSN, R.N., along with all of their co-workers, go where angels fear to tread. Then again, most people do not see COVID-19 up close and personal, day in and day out. As nurses working with critically ill patients in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus, they care for people ... Keep Reading No Longer Accepting Multiplan, Private Healthcare Systems and Beech Street Health Plans Dec 4, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden Campuses as well as Southeast Georgia Physician Associates are no longer accepting health plans administered by Multiplan, Private Healthcare Systems and Beech Street effective on the dates below. Southeast Georgia Physician Associates: Multiplan, Private Healthcare Systems and Beech Street terminate: January 1, 2021 Brunswick and Camden Campus ... Keep Reading Listening to Patients and Their Lungs Nov 28, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Children visit pediatricians and adults visit primary care or family medicine providers, but patients in good health rarely need the skills of a health care specialist. Since the rise of COVID-19, however, the skills of pulmonary specialist Herman Levy, M.D., have certainly been appreciated by all of Camden County. A board-certified internist at Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Pulmonary ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Reopens In-person Essential Visitation Nov 23, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Southeast Georgia Health System will reopen in-person essential visitation for non-COVID Inpatients on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. This update allows for: Visitor hours: Daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; continuous with no re-entry. Visitors must enter through Temporary Main Entrance (Brunswick Campus) or Main Entrance (Camden Campus). Visitors will be screened before entry, including temperature assessment and ... Keep Reading Giving His Best Every Day Nov 21, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Focused on sanitation and providing a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff, Reggie Tyson has an important role in the Environmental Services (EVS) department of Southeast Georgia Health System. A few stanzas from a poem often attributed to Mother Teresa sum up his philosophy of life: Do It Anyway People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Offers Holiday Guidelines to Help Prevent COVID-19 Exposure Nov 19, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System November 19, 2020 – After a turbulent year, many of us are suffering from pandemic fatigue and are eager to gather with friends and family. The holidays often bring a comforting feeling of togetherness that the majority of 2020 has lacked. But with nearly every state in the nation now in the red zone for new coronavirus cases, the timing couldn’t be worse. Keeping your loved ones safe ... Keep Reading 1296 Result(s) Page 1 of 52 1 2 . . . 51 52 Next