VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
GA Trust for Historic Preservation announce grant recipients
Release: Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Awards $10,000 to Two Preservation Projects ATLANTA, Nov. 4—The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the recipients of its Callahan Incentive Grant, a matching grant given to nonprofit…
Suspect in Adel WH shooting escapes hospital
According to the GBI Douglas Office, Dexter Simmons, wanted for his involvement with a shooting at an Adel, GA Waffle House on Oct. 24, has escaped from the Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton and is…
GA World Congress Center reopens for patients
Release: Georgia World Congress Center Surge Beds to Re-Open, State Partners with Grady to Coordinate COVID-19 Patients Statewide AUGUST 03, 2020 Atlanta, GA – On July 31, 2020, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that the Georgia World…
SGMC honors hospital heroes
Release: The Hospital Authority of Valdosta Lowndes County Georgia recognized Sylvia Uddyback and Don Luke as the South Georgia Medical Center Hospital Heroes for July. Uddyback is a registered nurse who has been with SGMC…
Gov. Kemp, Piedmont Healthcare partner for increased hospital…
Release: Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp joined Kevin Brown, President and CEO of Piedmont Healthcare, to announce a partnership to provide additional hospital bed surge capacity to treat COVID-19 patients in Georgia at…
SGMC launches 10K mask challenge
Release: South Georgia Medical Center’s “10K Mask Challenge” fundraising appeal, led by the SGMC Foundation, starts today. The appeal seeks to raise enough funds to purchase 10,000 reusable cloth masks and distribute them to community…
SGMC Partners with Mercer to Offer Residency Programs
Release: [Valdosta, GA] South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) and Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) announced a partnership that will bring internal medicine and emergency medicine residency programs to Valdosta. Upon approval by the Accreditation…
Phoebe Putney works with Mayo Clinic on COVID-19
Red Cross, Mayo Clinic, and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital are now collaborating to help find a solution to combating the Coronavirus within the blood of COVID-19 patients. They believe it may be possible to create…