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The Emergency Department is physician-staffed 24 / 7 with one of the lowest wait-times in central Georgia. Among the services and programs provided are acute care admission for adults and children, surgery( all general surgery, endoscopy, GYN surgery, vertebroplasty and CT-guided biopsy); skilled nursing care( swing beds); radiology( including CT, MRI, mammography and ultrasound); complete laboratory services and a diabetes support group. The medical staff includes doctors in family practice, internal medicine, gynecology, interventional radiology, nephrology, podiatry and general surgery.
The hospital built a new doctor’ s office complex next to the hospital as it looks to attract new physicians.
Also, the Central Georgia Health System in Macon has
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converted the old Walmart building on Lee Street into the Monroe Regional Medical Complex, which hosts Central Georgia Family Medicine, a family practice led by Dr. Stephen Taunton, as well as a number of specialists.
And Forsyth now has its own pediatrics practice as Primary Pediatrics, based in Macon, is renovated and opened an office in the adjacent Plantation Hills Shopping Center for two pediatricians to see children.
Hospitals
• Monroe County Hospital 88 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 994-2521 www. monroehospital. org
• Coliseum Medical Center 350 Hospital Drive Macon, GA 31217( 478) 765-7000
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• Medical Center of Central Georgia 777 Hemlock Street Macon, GA 31201( 478) 633-1000 www. mccg. org
• Spalding Regional Hospital 601 South 8th Street Griffin, GA 30224( 770) 228-2721
• Upson Regional Medical Center 801 West Gordon Street Thomaston, GA 30286( 706) 647-8111
Ambulance Service
• Monroe County Emergency Service( 478) 994-7004
• MedPro EMS 21 N. Lee Street Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 974-6000
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Health Department
• Monroe County Health Department( 478) 992-5082 •( 478) 992-5083
Chiropractor
• Walker Chiropractic Clinic Steven Walker 255 Tift Drive Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 994-1569 mswalkerchiro @ gmail. com
Dentist
• Family Dentistry John O. Bowcock, Jr., D. D. S., P. C. 103 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 994-2070 bowcock @ forsythcable. com www. forsythfamilydental. com
• Forsyth Dental Center Clell Morris 94 Bennett Street Forsyth, GA 31029( 478) 994-0440 clellm @ georgiadogs. com
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