17-05-2025
One year anniversary of re-opening of Piedmont Augusta's Summerville Campus
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It has been one year since Piedmont's Summerville campus reopened after being closed for four years.
Piedmont Augusta's Summerville campus reopened last May with the goal of continuing to bring the best care to people in the community.
'This isn't just reopening a hospital,' said Nic Wood, the Executive Director, Piedmont Augusta Summerville and McDuffie. 'We've put a lot of investment into this facility to ensure that patients that come here are getting the same level and standard of care that you would get at our Piedmont Augusta facility.'
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Since re-opening a year ago, the hospital has added an in-patient hospice program, moved the substance abuse rehab program to the Summerville campus, and opened and upgraded the MRI unit.
'It's crazy to think that it's already been a year, but it's just been so wonderful to see the community really welcome us to being back open and being able to serve the Augusta community,' said Wood.
Piedmont leaders say they continue to look for ways to add to the campus and help meet the community's needs.
'This is a wonderful way to cap off Healthcare week,' said Lily Henson, CEO, Piedmont Augusta Hub. 'Being able to open up this campus and see it thrive is that it fulfils our Piedmont promise of making a positive difference in every life we touch.'
They want to focus on growing and improving the emergency and radiology department, in-patient services, and continue their partnership with Augusta Tech.
'One day, we were sitting down looking at our numbers, and it really hit us as we looked across the Augusta Community, all of the ERs were completely full, and there was one day where we saw 69 patients here, and if we weren't open. I pose the question, ' Where would those patients have gone?' said Wood.
Going forward, Piedmont hopes to grow the services on this campus and maintain patient-centered care.
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