South Georgia Medical Center is a leading employer and provider of comprehensive healthcare services for the South Georgia, North Florida area. Pineview General Hospital was founded in 1955 as a 100-bed community hospital. Today, SGMC is a 335-bed regional hospital serving a diverse population with a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient needs.
As a public, not-for-profit hospital, SGMC is owned by the citizens of this community. The Hospital is governed by an 8-member volunteer board; The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia, doing business as South Georgia Medical Center.
As the region’s premier healthcare facility, SGMC is committed to continuous growth and the improvement of services necessary to meet the healthcare needs of our community. In 2004, a vigorous 5-year construction program costing approximately $90 million began. The program called for the construction of a new Information Technology Facility (completed in 2006), a new Emergency Department (completed 2007), a new Medical Office Building and Ambulatory Surgery Center, and a new Dasher Memorial Heart Center.
At SGMC, our goal is to provide outstanding health care to all, regardless of ones’ ability to pay. With careful business management and astute planning, we are pleased to be able to do this with no local tax support. This translates into many millions of dollars in benefits provided to the community each year. And, because we are publicly owned and operated, our earnings are reinvested back into our services and our facilities.
Some quick facts about SGMC:
Annual Operating Budget: $ 196,317,319
Annual Inpatient Visits: 15,887
FTE’s: 2,300
Annual Outpatient Visits: 142,282
Medical Staff: 185
Annual ED visits: approximately 60,000
Volunteers: Approximately 350 (includes Youth Care/Convenient Care)
Annual Meals Served: 473,715
