SGMC News & Events

Members of SGMC’s Code Blue team, comprised of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapy, transport, pharmacy, chaplains and support staff, accepted the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Resuscitation Gold Award for the fourth consecutive year.  South Georgia Medical Center received the Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) Gold Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined […]

6/14/2018 South Georgia Medical Center purchased the urological medical practice of Dr. Jacek Sosnowski and renamed it SGMC Urology. The practice will remain in its current location at 2922 North Oak Street until it can be relocated to the SGMC Main Campus. On June 1, Board Certified Urologist Louis C. Remynse, III, MD joined Dr. […]

South Georgia Medical Center named Paula Browning, with Hospice of South Georgia and Langdale Hospice House, as the June DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses honoree. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday.  Browning was nominated by a patient’s relative who said: “After […]

South Georgia Medical Center welcomed 44 youth volunteers to its annual summer program, Canopy of Care. Participants are students between the ages of 14 and 17 whose responsibilities vary from patient care/interaction, administrative support, to surgical and outpatient services support.  “The Canopy of Care program exposes our youth volunteers to various healthcare fields and provides […]

South Georgia Medical Center received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for the fourth consecutive year. The award recognizes SGMC’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.  SGMC earned the award by […]

South Georgia Medical Center and the Valdosta-Lowndes County YMCA are teaming up to offer one-day Safe Sitter® courses for boys and girls in grades 6-8 (11 to 14 years of age) on June 22, 25, and July 16 from 8:30am-3:00pm in the SGMC B-Level Classrooms.  The cost of the course is $45 per child and […]

5/16/2018 The Hospital Authority of Valdosta Lowndes County Board of Directors honored Diane Belcher, South Georgia Medical Center volunteer as the Hospital Hero. Belcher joined SGMC’s Volunteer Auxiliary in 2011 and has served in numerous capacities.  Most recently Belcher served as the Ways and Means Chair responsible for fundraising events. In FY 2017 alone, Belcher […]

South Georgia Medical Center named Phillip Simmons, registered nurse at the SGMC Berrien Campus, as the April DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses honoree. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday.  Simmons was nominated by a coworker who witnessed him pray with a […]

5/8/2018 Lanier High School Senior’s Shayla Riley-Dorsey and James Pike received the 2018 Jay Shaw Scholarship, awarded by South Georgia Medical Center Foundation. Dorsey will be attending Augusta State University and Pike will attend Valdosta State University in the Fall. 2018 marks the third year awarding the scholarship to a senior at LCHS. The Fund […]

5/7/2018 It’s Hospital Week! With the launch of SGMC’s internal campaign- I’m In, we asked employees to share why they are committed to SGMC. Each day this week we will spotlight one of the Top 5 entries! FRIDAY: Tonisa Spann, CICU“When I first started working for South GA Medical Center in 2016, I was hired […]