Piedmont Newnan Hospital

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Piedmont Newnan Hospital is a 144-bed, full-service community hospital serving Newnan, Georgia and most of Coweta County except for eastern Coweta which is served by Fayette Community Hospital, also affiliated with Piedmont Healthcare. It is affiliated with Piedmont Healthcare after a deal in 2006 for Piedmont to buy Newnan Hospital, (sometimes called Newnan City Medical Center).

[edit] History

Newnan Hospital was founded in 1836, 10 years after Newnan was founded. It served as a first aid site during Sherman's March to the Sea.That facility was faced with competition in 1965 by Coweta County General Hospital (where PNH is currently located). By The start of the 21st century CCGH was in bankruptcy and needed help. In 2000, Emory Healthcare bought CCGH and made it Emory-Peachtree Regional Hospital, the first Emory hospital south of I-285, which is what made it regional. In 2004, Newnan Hospital bought EPRH after they also filed Chapter 13. By 2006, Piedmont was considering a sister hospital to Fayette Community. By December, they bought Newnan Hospital West Campus, as it was called.

[edit] New Campus and I-85 Interchange

In 2007, Piedmont Newnan Hospital acquired 30 acres of land between SR 16 and I-85 on Poplar Road to build a "state-of-the-art" hospital to replace the current 42 year old hospital facility This project includes an interchange of I-85 and Poplar. The hospital will be completed in 2009 and the exit in 2010.

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