Memorial Hospital and Manor

FRIDAY FACTS: June is National Aphasia Awareness Month. What is aphasia? Aphasia is a condition that robs you of the ability to communicate. It can affect your ability to speak, write and understand language, both verbal and written. Aphasia typically occurs suddenly after a stroke or a head injury. But it can also come on gradually from a slow-growing brain tumor or a disease that causes progressive, permanent damage. The severity of aphasia depends on a number of condition...s, including the cause and the extent of the brain damage. Once the cause has been addressed, the main treatment for aphasia is speech and language therapy. The person with aphasia relearns and practices language skills and learns to use other ways to communicate. #rehabilitativeservices #mhmcares #communication #ourcommunityourhospital

THURSDAY TRUTHS: June is Men's Health Month. Make an appointment with one of our providers today to get your health back on track or have an annual lab screening. Amelia Medical Plaza 229-243-6900 - After hours appointments are available - make your health a priority! #mhmcares #ourcommunituourhospital #stayactive #stayhealthy #menshealth #setanexample

WORKFORCE WEDNESDAY: Memorial Hospital and Manor has several job opportunities available! Check out the job listings posted on www.mh-m.org for more information. Join our team today! #mhmcares #ourcommunityourhospital #greatbenefits #familyatmosphere

TUESDAY TRUTHS: MHM has gone to great lengths to improve our billing processes and procedures. However, sometimes it's more about empathetic human connection. Life can throw you curve balls, and we are here to help. Special thanks to MHM employee Iesha Akins for going the extra mile! #mhmcares #ourcommunityourhospital #benice #dogood #customerservice

Today kicks of Wound Health Awareness Week! Do you have a wound that won't heal? One of these six reasons might be why... 1. Poor nutrition... 2. Diabetes 3. Infection 4. Repetitive trauma 5. Excessive swelling 6. Poor circulation Contact us today for more information and to set up an appointment! 229-243-4230 #woundcare #woundhealth #healing

MONDAY MOMENT: June is Cataract Awareness Month. Are you at risk? Click on the link to learn the risk factors and how you can protect your eyes from cataracts! https://preventblindness.org/cataract-awareness-month-2020/ #mhmcares #ourcommunityourhospital #eyehealth #cataracts

HAPPY NATIONAL ACTIVITY PROFESSIONALS WEEK TO BRITTANY AND JOYCE THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO

VACCINE APPOINTMENT UPDATE! 1/29/21 Memorial Hospital and Manor is now suspending making new appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine until we receive our next shipment. Our temporary suspension is due to a lack of vaccine supply. We are monitoring this closely on a daily basis. We have created a list of all persons who have called in seeking an appointment and these calls will be responded to in the order they came in. ... Also be aware, if you have an existing appointment, we are monitoring the need to postpone these as well. If your appointment is affected, you will be contacted by the hospital via telephone call. Please come to your appointment unless otherwise contacted. If your appointment is postponed, it will be reinstated in priority order according to the date and time of your original appointment as soon as we receive the vaccines. We regret any inconvenience this temporary disruption of supply has caused you and would like to assure you that we will update our openings as soon as possible. If you are in Phase 1A+ (health care workers, first responders, persons over 65 and their caregivers) please know you can still call 229-246-3500 ext 565 and be placed on our waiting list. Stay safe and #maskUp

January 27, 2021 Update Screening information As of Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Memorial Hospital and Manor COVID-19 screening information:... Tests Completed 8149 Results Pending - 0 Results Received -8149 Negative -7347 Positive - 802 Results posted are those collected at the hospital, but there may be other testing being done by private providers. More information and updates can be found at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus Drive through Covid Testing has resumed! Drive through testing will be open on Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm to 3:00pm for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients will be tested in the OP Lab collection area in the hospital. Preoperative patients needing COVID-19 PCR screening will be collected in the outpatient collection area inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered. SARS 2 Antigen testing is offered at Amelia and Pediatric offices with PCR collection kits available. Testing is also available through the Health department region 8-2, 6 days per week. No order is required and testing through them is free. Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567. The schedule is available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org/ We are following the most current guidelines for testing provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health. As guidelines change, we will update our policy.

The Georgia COVID-19 Emotional Support Line, 1-866-399-8938, provides 24/7 free and confidential assistance to callers needing emotional support or resource information as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emotional Support Line is staffed by volunteers, including mental health professionals and others who have received training in crisis counseling. #seekhelp #COVID19 #mentalhealth

UPDATED VACCINATION INFORMATION! According to Phase 1A+ of Georgia's plan, Memorial Hospital and Manor is making COVID vaccination appointments for those in the highest priority group. Phase 1A+ includes health care workers, first responders, and persons age 65 and older and their caregivers.... Please call 229.246.3500 extension 565 to make an appointment. Please leave your name, date of birth, and phone number and we will return your call as soon as possible with your appointment time. Please know there may be a delay due to shortage of supply. The COVID-19 Vaccine Program allows providers to vaccinate individuals at no cost to the provider or patient for the vaccine. Our plan is to expand vaccination opportunities as quickly as possible which will be dictated by the availability of the vaccine.

A beautiful tribute to our hard working crew! Thank you Dr. Jon McRae for taking the time to recognize those who cared for you. December 16, 2020 On Saturday, November 28th I tested positive for COVID and by the next day I felt bad enough to go to our Memorial Hospital where they ran several tests and took X-Rays and decided I needed to be admitted. ... I was put in a quarantine room where I stayed eight days, never leaving the room or having any visitors. The only people I saw were members of the staff of the hospital. They would come in and out covered in all that personal protective gear that I know was so uncomfortable it had to drive them crazy. For my entire stay everybody that helped me demonstrated a complete knowledge of what they were doing and patiently took time to explain it to me. They not only took care of me physically, but at times it was more important to keep my spirits up, which they constantly did. With people coming and going, completely covered in protective gear, it was very hard to recognize individual people. I do know and remember Dr. Mark Gay, Kaila Galpin, Karen Cook, Jackie Scruggs, Keller Perdue, Jasmine Daniels, Shirley Hand, Renee White, Crystal Fransen, Natasha Sanders, Davarrio Chavers, Pat Dean, Leslie Stone, Ed Newton, and Michael (I forget his last name). There were others that I could not see their name tags under the protective clothing. The really sad thing is that months from now I will pass these wonderful people on the street downtown and will not even know their faces due to the masks they wore. I do know that the standard of care my entire visit was excellent. The treatment was exceptional, and the personal attention was something that I will never forget. We are blessed with many things here in Bainbridge, Georgia but the staff at the hospital were like angels and I will always be grateful to those for all they did for me. Sincerely, Jon M McRae

January 29, 2021 Update Screening information As of Friday, January 29, 2021 Memorial Hospital and Manor COVID-19 screening information:... Tests Completed 8201 Results Pending - 0 Results Received -8201 Negative -7395 Positive - 806 Results posted are those collected at the hospital, but there may be other testing being done by private providers. More information and updates can be found at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus Drive through Covid Testing has resumed! Drive through testing will be open on Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm to 3:00pm for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients will be tested in the OP Lab collection area in the hospital. Preoperative patients needing COVID-19 PCR screening will be collected in the outpatient collection area inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered. SARS 2 Antigen testing is offered at Amelia and Pediatric offices with PCR collection kits available. Testing is also available through the Health department region 8-2, 6 days per week. No order is required and testing through them is free. Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567. The schedule is available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org/ We are following the most current guidelines for testing provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health. As guidelines change, we will update our policy.

January 26, 2021 Update Screening information As of Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Memorial Hospital and Manor COVID-19 screening information:... Tests Completed 8117 Results Pending - 0 Results Received -8117 Negative -7321 Positive - 796 Results posted are those collected at the hospital, but there may be other testing being done by private providers. More information and updates can be found at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus Drive through Covid Testing has resumed! Drive through testing will be open on Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm to 3:00pm for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients will be tested in the OP Lab collection area in the hospital. Preoperative patients needing COVID-19 PCR screening will be collected in the outpatient collection area inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered. SARS 2 Antigen testing is offered at Amelia and Pediatric offices with PCR collection kits available. Testing is also available through the Health department region 8-2, 6 days per week. No order is required and testing through them is free. Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567. The schedule is available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org/ We are following the most current guidelines for testing provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health. As guidelines change, we will update our policy.

A huge thank you to our community of supporters who help us tell our story! Without your support, this award would not have been possible! https://thepostsearchlight.com//mhm-wins-1st-place-qualit/

January 28, 2021 Update Screening information As of Thursday, January 28, 2021 Memorial Hospital and Manor COVID-19 screening information:... Tests Completed 8176 Results Pending - 2 Results Received -8174 Negative -7369 Positive - 805 Results posted are those collected at the hospital, but there may be other testing being done by private providers. More information and updates can be found at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus Drive through Covid Testing has resumed! Drive through testing will be open on Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm to 3:00pm for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients will be tested in the OP Lab collection area in the hospital. Preoperative patients needing COVID-19 PCR screening will be collected in the outpatient collection area inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered. SARS 2 Antigen testing is offered at Amelia and Pediatric offices with PCR collection kits available. Testing is also available through the Health department region 8-2, 6 days per week. No order is required and testing through them is free. Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567. The schedule is available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org/ We are following the most current guidelines for testing provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health. As guidelines change, we will update our policy.

January 25, 2021 Update Screening information As of Monday, January 25, 2021 Memorial Hospital and Manor COVID-19 screening information:... Tests Completed 8082 Results Pending - 0 Results Received -8082 Negative -7289 Positive - 793 Results posted are those collected at the hospital, but there may be other testing being done by private providers. More information and updates can be found at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019 and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus and dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus Drive through Covid Testing has resumed! Drive through testing will be open on Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm to 3:00pm for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic patients will be tested in the OP Lab collection area in the hospital. Preoperative patients needing COVID-19 PCR screening will be collected in the outpatient collection area inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered. SARS 2 Antigen testing is offered at Amelia and Pediatric offices with PCR collection kits available. Testing is also available through the Health department region 8-2, 6 days per week. No order is required and testing through them is free. Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567. The schedule is available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org/ We are following the most current guidelines for testing provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health. As guidelines change, we will update our policy.

Your tax dollars. Your choice. Keep your GA state income tax dollars local by allocating them to Memorial Hospital and Manor and receiving a 100% tax credit! For more information contact Lauren Harrell at 229-243-6115 or visit www.georgiaheart.org ... #bettertogether #supportlocal #ruralhealthcare #ourcommunityourhospital