NGMC Braselton opens new floors, adds 48 bed to care for growing community

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton recently completed the first phase of a two-part expansion project to meet the growing needs of the community. Two new floors added to the hospital’s main tower are now home to the intensive care unit (ICU) and the intermediate care unit (IMCU), adding 48 beds to the hospital’s bed […]

Longstreet Clinic and NGHS reach definitive agreement to join forces

Longstreet Clinic and Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) have reached a definitive agreement for the Clinic to become an official part of NGHS during the fourth quarter of 2025. “Longstreet Clinic and NGHS have partnered to provide high-quality care for decades; this agreement enables us to take our partnership to the next level, eliminates barriers […]

NGMC’s Green Tower now open in Gainesville

People across northeast Georgia now have a new destination for emergency care, heart care and one of the state’s few Level I Trauma Centers as Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) opened the new Green Tower at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville. The 927,000-square-foot, 11-story tower officially opened just before 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8. […]

NGHS building a new home for a longtime Flowery Branch physician practice

Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) has provided the same great primary care at its location in downtown Flowery Branch for nearly 25 years, but it will have a new home next year. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is building a new location along Phil Niekro Boulevard in Flowery Branch, near Exit 12 of I-985, and […]

Jackson EMC partners with NGHS, contributing $150,000 toward growing the greater good

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is continuing its legacy of supporting Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) mission of “improving the community in all we do” by making a $150,000 transformational gift to the NGHS Foundation.  The gift benefits the NGHS Foundation’s $50 million Growing the Greater Good campaign and will support initiatives like the creation of the region’s first […]

NGMC Lumpkin now open

Residents in Dahlonega, Dawsonville and surrounding communities have a new hospital for emergency and inpatient care – and can now have surgery close to home, too. The new Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin hospital treated its first patients early this morning. The first patient arrived in the emergency department at 7:18 this morning. Heather […]

New Medical Plaza 2 now open in Dawsonville

Patients living along Ga. 400 and the surrounding area now have greater access to care close to home, as Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) opened its second Medical Plaza in Dawsonville today, Monday, March 18. Northeast Georgia Physicians Group OB/GYN began seeing patients on the second floor, and the remaining practices in the building will […]

NGHS fills key roles as it continues growing the greater good

Unlike so many healthcare systems across our state and the nation, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) continues to grow – this time expanding its leadership team to ensure continued success. The system has welcomed a new chief medical officer, chief nursing executive, administrator for Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Barrow and vice president of Georgia […]

NGMC Braselton breaks ground for hospital expansion

The community in and around Braselton will soon see changes to Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) campus, bringing much-needed, expanded access to care for the growing population in north Georgia. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) celebrated the coming expansion with a groundbreaking event for hospital staff, physicians and community leaders on Thursday, April 27. “We […]

NGHS and Lifepoint Rehabilitation announce plans to build Inpatient Rehabilitation facility

Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville. The state of Georgia […]

NGHS breaks ground on new medical plaza in Dawsonville

Patients living along Ga. 400 and all across Dawsonville will soon have even greater access to care close to home as Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) expands its presence in the growing area. NGHS broke ground on its newest Medical Plaza yesterday, March 8, as health system and community leaders looked on. “We’ve been looking […]

NGHS planning new building in future medical office park in northern Hall County

People living in northern Gainesville and Hall County will have more access to high-quality healthcare, closer to home, for years to come – thanks to a new medical office park Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is planning for 44 acres along Highway 60. “We’re thrilled to be expanding care options in this community,” said Daniel […]

Bipartisan support in Senate helps fund new helipad at NGMC Gainesville

Patients in north Georgia who need lifesaving, emergency care will now be able to get that care even quicker than before at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville. Standing in front of NGMC’s new patient tower construction site in Gainesville on Jan. 11, Sen. Jon Ossoff held a press conference to announce funding that supports […]

Leaders Agree for Habersham Medical Center to Officially Join NGHS in 2023

People living in and around Habersham County can look forward to healthier tomorrows and continued access to local hospital care for years to come, thanks to a decision reached Tuesday night for Habersham Medical Center (HMC) to officially join Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) in 2023. “This is the best possible scenario for the future […]

NGHS breaks ground on new Medical Plaza in Bethlehem

Barrow County will soon have even greater access to health care close to home at Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) newest Medical Plaza, located in Bethlehem. Community and health system leaders gathered yesterday, Dec. 1, to celebrate the beginning of the construction project and bless the ground. “We really care about the community in the […]

NGMC Braselton to add additional inpatient beds, expand Emergency Department and enhance care

Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) plans to expand its hospital in Braselton to meet the growing needs of the surrounding communities by adding inpatient beds and expanding the Emergency Department. The expansion paves the way for several anticipated improvements at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton including: A Certificate of Need (CON) application has also […]