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Strong communities are fortified
testing and counseling, emergency
by excellent healthcare facilities 14,000 patients annually. Its innovative infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS
in-house rehabilitation program offers
and providers. From a high- patients a safe, convenient place to preparedness, screening and treatment
functioning hospital and health recuperate from their illness or surgery. for tuberculosis, environmental health,
department, to competent primary These “swing beds” allow patients to WIC nutrition services, stroke
care physicians, specialists and stay closer to home rather than travel and heart attack prevention programs,
dentists, you are in good, healing outside the area to an extended care health promotion, family planning,
hands in McDuffie County. rehabilitation facility. case management for low-income
 University Hospital Surgical services of University
McDuffie Hospital McDuffie include surgeons Continued on Page 21 
As a licensed 25-bed medical specializing in general surgery,
center, University Hospital McDuffie orthopedics, podiatry, ophthalmology
offers a wide spectrum of medical and laparoscopic procedures.
and health services for the people University Hospital McDuffie
of McDuffie County and surrounding 2460 Washington Road
communities. The hospital is a Thomson, GA 30824
not-for-profit, non-tax supported, (706) 595-1411
501(c)3 organization established in www.universityhealth.org/mcduffie
January 1952.  McDuffie County
University Hospital McDuffie offers Health Department
24-hour services in the Laboratory Services of the McDuffie County
and Radiology departments. The 24- Health Department include
hour, seven-day-a-week Emergency immunizations, children’s health
Department provides full-time checks, chronic disease programs,
immediate evaluation, stabilization, screening and treatment for
and treatment care to more than sexually transmitted and other

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University Hospital McDuffie is fully accredited by the
Joint Commission and is a member of both the American
Hospital Association and the Georgia Hospital Association.

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