PGATOUR.com - South Georgia Classic: Charity Information

South Georgia Classic Pres'd by First State Bank and Trust Company

Monday Apr 20 – Sunday Apr 26, 2009

Kinderlou Forest Golf Club · Valdosta , Ga.

Purse: $625,000
Winning Share: $112,500
http://www.southgeorgiaclassic.com

Charity

South Georgia Medical Center

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 While SGMC provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and recuperative healthcare services, our primary service lines include: • Behavioral Health - Greenleaf • Cancer - The Pearlman Cancer Center • Cardiology - The Dasher Memorial Heart Center • Emergency Services (including Convenient Care and Youth care) • Neurology & Neurosurgery • Rehabilitation (inpatient & outpatient) • Radiology & other imaging services • Surgical Services • Women & Children's Services For the latest in hospital news and developments, we invite you to explore our website, www.sgmc.org. For an ongoing guide to health issues, resources and system services don't miss our quarterly publication, The Center Window. To sign-up, call 229-259-4420. It's free! For more information, contact SGMC's Community Relations office at (229) 259-4420.