Hall County Hospital, the predecessor to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, opened on September 1, 1951, as a 90-bed hospital. The hospital's creation was the result of the merger of two existing hospitals: Downey Hospital, a private hospital founded in 1908 in the home of Dr. James Henry Downey, and the previous Hall County Hospital, a public hospital with an almshouse for the poor and elderly. Hall County Hospital underwent a $10 million expansion and was renamed Northeast Georgia Medical Center in 1976.[3][4] In 2023, the hospital was designated as Georgia's fifth American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified Level I trauma center.[5]
Services
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville is a Level I trauma center and a comprehensive stroke center.[5][6] The hospital also features a labor and delivery unit and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.[2] Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville's campus is home to Laurelwood Behavioral Health, a 54-bed inpatient behavioral health facility.[7]
References
^"NGMC Gainesville". Northeast Georgia Health System. Retrieved 10 April 2023.