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Officials: AnMed building facility to help tackle nursing shortage
ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - AnMed said construction is underway on a 30,000-square-foot facility designed to help tackle the ongoing nursing shortage across the Carolinas and Georgia. The AnMed Education and Innovation Center, located at 610 North Street near East Greenville Street, will expand local healthcare training opportunities, according to...
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Learn about the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit on Wellness Wednesday
Learn about the Georgia HEART Hospital Program as Ann Mariee Knight, Tax Credit Development Coordinator at Stephens County Hospital, speaks with WNEG General Manager Phil Hobbs today (October 14) on Wellness Wednesday. “The HEART Program allows Georgia residents and businesses to redirect their state income taxes to support rural hospitals...
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Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities breaks ground on $20.7 million forensic restoration facility in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities broke ground Thursday on a new $20.7 million forensic restoration facility at East Central Regional Hospital in Augusta. The 40-bed facility will expand Georgia’s capacity to provide competency restoration services to people who have been found incompetent...
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Ogeechee OB/Gyn Celebrates 60 Years of Women’s Healthcare and Innovation in Southeast Georgia
In 2026, Ogeechee OB/Gyn celebrates a milestone few medical practices reach: 60 years of caring for women in Statesboro and across southeast Georgia. The story began in 1966, when Dr. Bob Richardson became the first OB/GYN in the region, bringing dedicated obstetric and gynecologic specialty care to Statesboro and the old Bulloch Memorial Hospital. From his first office on Donahue Street beside the hospital, Richardson established a level of specialized women’s healthcare that previously had not been available locally. From that beginning, a practice grew. Today, Ogeechee OB/Gyn has three physicians and, by the end of 2026, expects to have six advanced practice providers. The practice has expanded from that original Statesboro office to multiple facilities in Statesboro and offices in Swainsboro and Sylvania, while caring for women from communities throughout a broad multicounty region of southeast Georgia. The technology has changed. The scope of care has expanded. But the philosophy connecting 1966 to 2026 remains remarkably consistent: Bring women the specialty care they need closer to home. Six Decades and Generations of Women Ogeechee OB/Gyn’s history cannot be told through the story of one physician or one generation. Over the decades following Richardson’s arrival, other physicians helped build and