Community

Serving the community often extends beyond a single healthcare provider. That’s why Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Braselton, Barrow, Lumpkin and Habersham, District 2 Public Health, Stephens County Hospital and Good News Clinics are collaborating to gain deeper insights into the health challenges and needs that patients, families and communities across northeast Georgia face when […]

People living in Bethlehem and near the surrounding Georgia Highway 316 corridor can now get urgent care, primary care and specialty care all in one convenient location as Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) new Medical Plaza 1 opened today. “Seeing this building come to fruition in a community that means so much to me is […]

Improving the health of the community is at the center of Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) mission, and a recent report evaluating hospitals as community partners recognized Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) with top marks. The hospital campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder (NGMC Barrow) and Dahlonega (NGMC Lumpkin) all received an “A” grade for social […]

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is continuing its work to address the shortage of primary care providers across the state, as eight college students recently graduated from the Pathway to Med School program – a program organized by the Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC). In its 10th year of training future medical professionals, the Pathway […]

Patients who visit one of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) campuses are likely familiar with Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Auxiliary volunteers – always donning their red shirts. They can be seen at information desks, in waiting rooms, walking the halls with volunteer therapy dogs and doing crafts with pediatric patients. They provide comfort and […]

Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) has renewed its support of University of North Georgia (UNG) Athletics for another five years. NGHS initially became the official healthcare partner of UNG Athletics in February 2020. UNG Athletics Director Mary Rob Plunkett is excited to see the ways the partnership will continue to bolster UNG’s status as one […]

A local Brenau University student pursuing a degree in nursing was recently awarded the inaugural First in Family scholarship by Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC). This scholarship, awarded to students who are the first people in their families to pursue higher education, helps students in our region’s marginalized populations overcome some of the financial […]

Casual golfers and golfing fanatics alike recently seized the opportunity to make a difference for patients needing emergency care in Braselton. On Tuesday, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation hosted the 2023 Laurel Classic golf tournament benefitting the expansion of the Emergency Department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton and announced the renaming of […]

Between the two of them, Erine Raybon-Rojas, MD, and Juan Turner care for a wide range of patients who make their way through Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). Dr. Raybon-Rojas is a pulmonary critical care intensivist at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville while Chef Juan is the director of nutritional services at NGMC […]

Patients, visitors and employees at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) will soon have a better experience at the hospital after six NGHS employees were awarded grants to fund their ideas for better care. The Change Grant program, funded by the NGHS Foundation’s employee giving club WATCH, allows employees to make a real difference in areas […]

Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) annual Love Light event demonstrates how Hospice of NGMC makes a difference for families and patients in the region. This year, the event will take place on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. on Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) Facebook page – giving friends and families from all over the chance […]

The Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation’s Medical Center Open is helping change lives and impact mental health in Gainesville in a big way. The Medical Center Open was held on Thursday, October 6, at Chicopee Woods Golf Course with proceeds from this year’s event – the 30th anniversary of the golf tournament – benefiting […]

As a tribute to the life and legacy of Nell Whelchel Wiegand, a renowned and generous Gainesville native who supported both the community and Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS), NGHS Foundation announced the new Nell Wiegand Legacy Society to honor those supporting the health system with planned gifts. This honor will allow Nell’s legacy of […]

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) continues to do all it can to help address a shortage of primary care providers across the state, as eight young students recently graduated from the Pathway to Med School program. The Pathway to Med School program is a 4-week, residential program for undergraduate pre-medical students who attend Georgia institutions […]