Unless otherwise noted, all services are available at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), 743 Spring Street, in Gainesville and the Toccoa Cancer Center (TCC), 3018B Falls Road, in Toccoa.
Acute Care
NGMC
(770)538-7500
Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Provides acute care for inpatients
- Inpatient chemotherapy administered by experienced oncology nurses
Cancer Registry
(770)533-8820
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Ensures State compliance for cancer reporting
- Compiles incidence and mortality statistical reports
- Coordinates cancer conferences for prospective treatment recommendations
Case Managers / Financial Counseling
(770)538-7831
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- An experienced oncology nurse case manager available during regular hours for patients and families
- Facilitates access to cancer treatment and payment resources
- Assists in resolving logistical, financial, emotional or other situations that may alter the treatment plan
Clinical Trials(770)533-8825
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Offers patients diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to participate in nationwide clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and other research institutions
Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center(770)533-8888
2150 Limestone Parkway, Suite 222; Gainesville
Hours: M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Hospice of NGMC provides care in the home and in qualified nursing homes for the physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs of the dying person and his or her family
- Care includes on-call support 24 hours a day, seven days a week; bereavement support is also available for family and loved ones
- Criteria for admission to the program include a life threatening illness with the desire for supportive care rather than aggressive treatment of the disease
The Imaging Center(770)533-8035
1284 Sims Street; Gainesville
Hours: M-F, 7 a.m - 6:30 p.m.
- Provides plain films, fluoroscopy, CT scans, MRI to include an open MRI, mammography, bone density and ultrasound services
- Available on inpatient and outpatient basis by appointment
Outpatient Infusion Service
(770)538-7619 (NGMC)
(706)297-7023 (TCC)
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Weekends: by appointment
- Provides infusion services including chemotherapy, antibiotic therapy and blood transfusions for outpatients
- One of 25 Cancer State Aid approved sites in Georgia
- Medical oncologist and chemotherapy services on site at TCC on scheduled days by appointment
Pastoral Care
NGMC
(770)535-3563
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Chaplain visits
- Contact with personal pastor
- Devotional literature available
- Chapel available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Chapel services on Sunday
Radiation Therapy Department
NGMC TCC
Outpatient Services Bldg. 3018B Falls Road
(770)535-3393 (706)297-7023
Hours: M-F, Hours: M-F
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- CT and Fluoroscopic simulation
- External beam conformal therapy
- Interstitial and intracavitary brachytheraphy (NGMC)
- Prostate seed implants (NGMC)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Support Groups for Patients, Families and Caregivers(770)533-8852
Referral and access to hospital and community support groups
- Cancer support group
- Breast cancer support groups
- Individual counseling
- Bereavement classes and summer bereavement camps for children
The Wound / Ostomy / Continence Center (WOC)(770)538-7004
NGMC
Hours: M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Weekends: nurse on call
- State-of-the-art techniques to help patients with wounds that are slow to heal or are not healing properly
- Ostomy services for patients who have had surgery following gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract disease
- Offers contact castings to relieve wound pressure, fittings for containment devices and traditional WOC services
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