Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location Albany, Georgia (U.S. state), United States
Coordinates [1]
Organization
Care system Not-for-profit
Hospital type Teaching
Services
Beds 443
History
Founded 1911
Links
Website http://www.phoebeputney.com/
Lists Hospitals in Georgia (U.S. state)

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is located at 417 Third Ave. in Albany, Georgia.

The health system is a network of hospitals, family medicine clinics, rehab facilities, auxiliary services, and medical education training facilities. The flagship hospital Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is a 443-bed teaching hospital and a regional center for cancer and cardiac medicine. The Phoebe Cancer Center is one of the busiest and most advanced in the Southeast. The Phoebe Heart Center performs open-heart and cardiac catheterization procedures. Phoebe is one of six designated perinatal centers in the state of Georgia and is the regions provider of neonatal intensive care, cardiovascular surgery and radiation oncology services. The hospital also offers medical-surgical care, emergency treatment, obstetrics, pediatrics, wound care, a women's health center and more.

History

In 1910, Judge Francis Flagg Putney donated $25,000 to the Ladies Hospital Aid Society of Albany to establish a hospital to serve the citizens of Southwest Georgia. Judge Putney’s endowment came with three provisions:

The hospital officially opened its doors to patients on August 1, 1911.

References

  1. ^ "Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospitale". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1671205. Retrieved 2008-07-26. 

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