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Residents of the Port

Wentworth area have
competent, quality
healthcare facilities nearby

that offer a variety of
services for every member
of the family, including a
brand new medical center
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right in town!

Health & Wellness

• Effingham Hospital • Memorial University nity outreach and education efforts
Effingham Hospital provides quality, Medical Center throughout the region.
affordable, safe and personal care to This award-winning, 530-bed While both anchor hospitals pro-
all patients. The Joint Commission academic medical center serves a vide an extensive array of healthcare
(TJC)-fully accredited hospital ranks 35-county area in southeast Georgia services, the Centers of Excellence
within the nation’s top 2% of accred- and southern South Carolina. Key provide the finest tertiary care services
ited institutions. Effingham Hospital is services include the world-class Cur- in the region. These include:
distinguished by caring nurses, com- tis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer • The Heart Hospital
petent physicians, and well-trained Institute for cancer research, treat- • Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer
staff throughout all aspects of patient ment, and support; The Heart and and Research Pavilion
services which include cardiopulmo- Vascular Institute, an award-winning • Mary Telfair Women’s Hospital
nary, emergency, imaging and diagnos- provider of cardiovascular care; • Institute for Advanced Bone and
tics, nursing, rehab, open MRI and The George and Marie Backus Children’s Joint Surgery
Care Center, and physician practices. Hospital, the region’s only children’s • Institute for Neurosciences
Effingham Hospital hospital; and The Women’s Health Both St. Joseph’s Hospital and
459 Hwy. 119 S., Springfield, GA 31329 Institute, the region’s only facility of- Candler Hospital are individually
912-754-6451 fering high-risk obstetrics and other accredited by the Joint Commis-
services for women. sion, while the health system is
• Effingham Family Medicine Memorial University Medical Center one of a select few in the country to
Effingham Hospital opened this 4700 Waters Ave. have achieved network accreditation
medical practice in late 2009, the first Savannah, GA, 31404 status. Additionally, St. Joseph’s/Can-
of its kind in this community in sev- 912-350-8000 dler is the only health provider in
eral decades. Dr. Christopher DeLisle www.memorialhealth.com the region to have achieved MAGNET
is the Board-certified family practitio- status for nursing excellence and is
ner who provides basic family-focused • St. Joseph’s/ noted as one of the country’s Top
healthcare for people of all ages. The Candler Hospitals 100 Integrated Healthcare Systems by
facility is conveniently located at the A premier health provider in the Modern Healthcare Magazine.
intersection of Hwy. 30 and Hwy. 21 region, St. Joseph’s/Candler (SJ/C) St. Joseph’s Hospital Campus
to serve the growing population of offers a wide variety of healthcare 11705 Mercy Blvd., Savannah, GA 31419
Port Wentworth. services including local and regional 912-819-4100
Effingham Family Medicine primary care, specialized inpatient Candler Hospital Campus
7306 Hwy. 21, Ste. 105 and outpatient services at two 5353 Reynolds St.
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Port Wentworth, GA anchor hospitals, home healthcare Savannah, GA 31405
912-966-2575 services, as well as many commu- 912-819-6000

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