Health & Safety

Information to assist with healthy living and lifestyle choices; patient, child and elder care.

Audiology Services now offered at Habersham Medical Center

DEMOREST, Ga. – Habersham Medical Center is once again offering audiology services. Provided by Dr. Susan Parr, a board certified audiologist, the new audiology...

HMC offers HeartSaver CPR & First Aid Class Dec. 10th

Habersham Medical Center will offer a HeartSaver CPR and First Aid class on December 10, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the...

HMC encourages flu shots; limits hospital visitation

A shot in the arm to prevent the flu: Beth Hester, RN and director of the HMC ER, is shown giving Megan Lord, a...

NGMC opens advanced inpatient heart failure unit

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is building on its reputation as a premier cardiac care hospital with the opening of an advanced inpatient heart failure...

Habersham Medical Center recognized for quality stroke care

(Demorest, GA) ― Habersham Medical Center received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM...

Back to School; Back to Healthy Sleep

It’s hard to believe summer is over and school is back in session. During the summer months, most children enjoyed staying up later at night...

Northeast Georgia Medical Center offers alternative pain relief during labor

First in state to use nitrous oxide, also known as "laughing gas." (GAINESVILLE, GA) – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville is the first and...

DOJ sues to block health insurer mergers

Georgia among states that have joined in the lawsuit The U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from multiple states and the District of Columbia are suing...

Rabies is real

Recently, a Cornelia resident was attacked by a possibly rabid fox and alerts, to be on the look-out for this dangerous animal, were sent...

NGMC first in Georgia to implant dissolving heart stent

The Absorb stent opens clogged arteries to restore blood flow, then dissolves in the body GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is the...

Georgians get chance to weigh in on Aetna-Humana merger

PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON PROPOSED ACQUISTION OF HUMANA BY AETNA State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens will hold a public hearing on the proposed...

Toccoa Clinic extends letter of intent with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group

TOCCOA, Ga. – Toccoa Clinic Medical Associates (The Toccoa Clinic) has extended its letter of intent (LOI) with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) to...