SGMC Berrien Campus

The Louis Smith Memorial Hospital, located in Lakeland, Ga., is a 25-bed critical access hospital. The center is accredited by the Joint Commission in the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is also affiliated with the South Georgia Health System. It provides a wide range of services emergency ambulance, laboratory and radiology services. The hospital also provides stress tests, physical therapies, electrocardiogram and respiratory services, long-term care nursing services and sleep studies. Its radiology services provide a variety of imaging services that include spiral CT scan, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. In addition, the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital provides emergency and internal medicine and family practice services to its patients.

The Emergency Department, a part of the South Georgia Medical Center, is a 15-plus-bed facility that provides 24-hour emergency medical services. It serves more than 3,800 patients each month. The department operates a chest pain center and clinical decision unit. The Emergency Department handles cases related to accidents, illnesses and traumas. It uses the McKesson Patient Location Tracker and the Picture Archiving and Communication (PACS) technologies. The South Georgia Medical Center is a 300-plus-bed, nonprofit hospital that serves patients in southern Georgia and northern Florida. It provides occupational medicine, urgent care, medical imaging, surgical, laboratory and mobile health care services. The hospital employs over 2,300 people.