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• Piedmont Home Health and home economy and has earned national Accredited by the Commission on HEALTHCARE
infusion services recognition for patient experience and Cancer of the American College of
• wound care center comprehensive care. Surgeons for high quality cancer care,
• sleep disorders center Piedmont Athens Regional’s spacious Piedmont Athens Regional provides
Founded by physicians in 1919 as a labor and delivery suites complement extensive cancer diagnosis and treatment
community hospital, Piedmont Athens beautiful mother-baby accommodations including a leading-edge radiation
Regional became part of Piedmont and the neonatal intensive care unit. oncology center, a free-standing cancer
Healthcare in October 2016 – expanding In addition, some of the area’s most
quality health services to the Athens- experienced pediatricians and nurses Medical Statistics
Clarke County and surrounding serve the children in our region through Public Hospitals .............................................2
communities. As the second largest Piedmont Athens Regional, which is Private Hospitals .............................................1
employer in the region, with more than proud to serve as the first Georgia affiliate Doctors .....................................................550+
2,600 employees, Piedmont Athens for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Dentists ......................................................100+
Regional contributes more than The hospital is also designated a Baby- Mental Health Practitioners ................200+
$800 million annually to the local Friendly Hospital by Baby-Friendly USA. Ambulance Services .................................12+

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