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Healthcare

Union County is home to top-quality healthcare

U nion County is a hub for healthcare in the the best care possible to its patients. Union
North Georgia Mountains thanks to a robust
General’s commitment to provide the most
system operated by Union General Hospital. Its more sophisticated and compassionate care makes it a
than 20 facilities in Blairsville and the surrounding first-choice provider of comprehensive medical services
region are home to general physicians, specialists, in the region.
and a host of well-trained nurses and therapists who Union General Hospital has a long history of providing
provide big-city care in a small-town setting. For excellent care. In 2020 it received Advanced Heart Failure
a list of medical services in our area, check out the Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology
directory starting on page 58. and was one of just three hospitals in Georgia to receive
a Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare
A HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE and Medicaid Services. In 2019 it was ranked as a Top 10
Union General Hospital opened in 1959 and Hospital in Georgia by Georgia Trend Magazine. The list goes
has since evolved into one of the most modern and on to include being an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the
progressive hospitals in the state. Union General American College of Cardiology, among several others.
is a 160,000-square-foot, not-for-profit hospital in Union General offers an 18-bed emergency room that
Blairsville. The state-of-the-art healthcare facility includes a nurse-first triage to immediately determine the
continuously adds cutting-edge technology, best course of action in any situation. After the emergency
equipment, and specialty physicians so it can offer is addressed, Union General operates a 45-bed hospital and

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