South Georgia Medical Center history

Construction began and the first addition to Pineview General was completed in 1964.

Because Pineview was serving the healthcare needs of more than 200,000 persons from South Central Georgia and North Florida, the hospital’s name was changed to South Georgia Medical Center on October 20, 1971.

In 1972, Lowndes County was among the first Emergency Medical Services in the nation to have trained medics and ambulances with advanced life-support equipment and radio telemetry units.

A $2.3 million construction program was completed in 1975 which added an 8-bed medical intensive care unit, an 8-bed surgical intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, 49-bed orthopedic-neurosurgical unit, and a laboratory.

In 1982, another two-year, $26 million expansion began.

In 1984, the North Tower expansion and first-floor renovation were completed.

In early 1986, a Cancer Treatment Center was opened which included our first linear accelerator and other cancer treatment equipment.

Hospice of South Georgia started in 1987 as a supportive care system for persons with limited life expectancy.

A 1996 renovation of the Pulmonology/Neurology Wing added space for SGMC’s Sleep Disorders Center, a 2-bed sleep lab for in-hospital studies and in-home testing.

SGMC began its open heart surgery program in 2001.

Cardiology services were consolidated onto 3-South in 2002, the Birthplace was renovated adding 8 labor-delivery-recovery rooms and two C-section suites.

In 2004, two, all-digital cath labs were added to 3-South to better manage the number of cardiac patients being treated at SGMC.

In 2006, SGMC opened a new Information Technology building and expanded Materials Management.

The Imaging Center opened on the ground floor of the Professional Building in August 2011.

The new Dasher Memorial Heart Center and Patient Tower opened in September 2013.