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NGMC Habersham earns Accreditation as Emergency Cardiac Care Center
Residents of Habersham County and surrounding communities can count on life-saving care in case of a cardiac arrest or heart attack, thanks to Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) and Georgia Heart Institute. NGMC Habersham was recently accredited as a Level 3 emergency cardiac care center (ECCC), recognizing the level of fast and effective care patients receive at the hospital in Demorest. “NGMC Habersham is proud to be recognized by the Georgia Department of Public Health as a Level 3 emergency cardiac care center,” said Kevin Matson, vice president of regional hospitals for NGHS. “The accreditation recognizes the hard work of our hospital staff and regional EMS departments to meet the highest standards of patient care. Furthermore, it illustrates the deep commitment of NGHS to elevate the availability and quality of health care we provide to rural communities in our service area.” NGMC Habersham joins NGMC Gainesville (Level 1), NGMC Braselton (Level 2), NGMC Lumpkin (Level 3) and NGMC Barrow (Level 3) in receiving ECCC designation. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) made history in 2020 by becoming the state’s first health system to have hospitals accredited as ECCCs. NGMC Gainesville, Braselton, Lumpkin and Barrow were reaccredited in 2023. “There’s a saying, ‘Time equals muscle,’ and that means every moment counts when a patient has a major cardiac event,” said Habib Samady, MD, FACC, president of Georgia Heart Institute. “Once a patient from NGMC Habersham comes through that door for an interventional procedure or surgery, we can trust they have received optimal pre-hospital care to allow us to begin treatment as quickly and purposefully as possible.” Hospitals seeking ECCC accreditation undergo a thorough evaluation process, including a site inspection and an assessment of emergency cardiac care processes and equipment. Once these steps are complete, the Georgia Department of Public Health uses a three-level designation system to rank the capabilities of each facility:
'Band of Brothers' actors travel to historic Toccoa camp to honor serve members for D-Day anniversary
TOCCOA, Ga. — A group of actors from the 2001 HBO series "Band of Brothers" have come together to honor the service members they portrayed and it's all happening at a historic camp in Toccoa, Georgia. It was a place where tens of thousands of military service members trained....
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