MCGHealth is an academic medical center

Academic Medical Center

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 affiliated with the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. MCGHealth is a not-for-profit

Non-profit organization

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 healthcare network that offers primary, specialty and sub-specialty care in Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

 and throughout the Southeast United States.

Facilities

MCGHealth’s facilities include:

• 478-bed MCGHealth Medical Center
• Ambulatory Care Center with more than 80 outpatient practice sites
• 13-county regional trauma center
  Trauma center
  A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...
  
   at the Specialized Care Center
• MCGHealth Sports Medicine Center

Children's Medical Center

MCGHealth Children's Medical Center is a 154-bed academic children's hospital

Children's hospital

A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children . The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties...

, and is the only children's hospital in the Central Savannah River Area

Central Savannah River Area

The Central Savannah River Area is a 13-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is also considered to include five to eight counties in South Carolina. The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCollum, the winner of a $250 contest held by The Augusta Chronicle to generate the best name for the...

. It is a world class children's hospital and a leading pediatric treatment and research facility in oncology

Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

 and in children's catastrophic disease

Disease

A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...

s. It staffs the largest team of pediatric specialists in the region who deliver out- and in- patient care for everything from common childhood illnesses to life-threatening conditions like heart disorders, cancer and neurological diseases.

The facility opened in 1998 as part of the Medical College of Georgia's 10 year master-plan expansion. The hospital is among the largest pediatric facilities in the US.

External links

• MCGHealth — official website
• Georgia Health Sciences University