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H E A LT H C A R E

St. Mary’s Health Center

Commission in five specialty areas – Association/American Stroke (LTACH), opened in July 2008 to serve
stroke, heart failure, knee replacement Association Gold Plus Performance the Northeast Georgia community. The
surgery, inpatient diabetes and spine Achievement Award for stroke care facility includes 42 private rooms that are
surgery – and is the first hospital in the four years in a row. St. Mary’s in 2014 all intensive care unit (ICU) capable.
Athens area to offer minimally invasive is ranked by Healthgrades as one of Landmark Hospital is a regional
da Vinci robotic surgery. America’s 100 Best Hospitals for joint referral center for North Georgia, serving
A leader in providing healthcare replacement, stroke care and general as the place for other hospitals to send
services to the women and children of surgery. St. Mary’s also has received the critically ill patients who need long-
Northeast Georgia, St. Mary’s offers a WomenCertified Women’s Choice Award term acute care. Many of its patients
nationally recognized birthing center for patient experience and obstetrics. require long-term specialty treatment
featuring Labor-Delivery-Postpartum due to multiple or complex medical
Recovery rooms, in which mothers can Landmark Hospital of Athens conditions. Patients range in age from
complete all stages of childbirth. St. Landmark Hospital of Athens, the 18 to the elderly. The average length of
Mary’s also offers a dedicated, fast- area’s only long-term acute care hospital stay for patients is 25 days.
growing cardiac catheterization and
electrophysiology laboratory, state-of- Landmark Hospital of Athens
the-art neonatal intensive care unit,
neuroscience critical care unit, medical/
cardiac intensive care and intermediate
care, a pediatric subspecialty clinic, and
the Center for Rehabilitative Care, which
provides intensive therapy and nursing
services to help people maximize
their recovery after major illnesses
and surgeries.
St. Mary’s recent accolades include
receiving the American Heart

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