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DMA Members Updated on Gwinnett Medical Center

Information also provided on Operation One Voice 9/11 Remembrance events Sept. 9-11.

Lea J. Bay, president of Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth, updated Duluth Merchants Association members on new GMC facilities and services at the June DMA meeting on the Duluth campus. “Right now, the whole hospital is 553 beds,” Bay said, “and it is in the top 5 percent of national quality indicators.” The hospital system also includes Gwinnett Medical Center-Lawrenceville and the Glancy Rehabilitation Center in Duluth.

Bay was introduced by DMA President Sunny Ramsay, volunteer coordinator for GMC-Duluth. 

GMC-Lawrenceville opened an eight-story patient tower in 2009 and broke ground on a Heart & Vascular Center last June that will offer open heart surgery by the end of the year, Bay said. A PCI intervention (coronary angioplasty and stenting) program is already saving lives, she said. 

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At GMC-Duluth the Center for Surgical Management, which opened a year ago offering surgical weight loss and management, is changing lives, Bay said. The hospital is also providing minimally invasive and robotic surgery for gynecologic and other procedures, she said. 

The Duluth campus has become “a top provider of sports medicine surgery” serving high school, professional, and minor league athletes, according to Bay. The hospital also has implemented ImPACT concussion testing, she said.

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Glancy Outpatient Center’s inpatient rehabilitation program rates in the top 3 percent in the country, Bay said. A sleep lab and diabetes counseling have been added, she said. Formerly Gwinnett County’s first hospital, Glancy is now part of Gwinnett Medical Center. 

Special elder tours are being offered at GMC-Duluth to make Korean-Americans feel more comfortable as patients, Bay said. The hospital has made changes in the environment, broadened food choices, and added Korean TV stations, she said. An interpreter is also available. “A woman came up to me after a tour,” Bay said, “and told me: ‘I can get sick now. I feel so much better.’”

Prior to Bay’s speech, DMA members and guests enjoyed a delicious buffet of “hospital food.” 

Duluth Police Lt. Bill Stevens informed DMA members at the June 7 meeting about Operation One Voice 9/11 Remembrance events to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Operation One Voice is composed of police officers, firefighters and community leaders. 

Activities planned include:

  • 9/9 – Operation One Voice Golf at Lanier Golf Club, Lake Lanier Islands Resort featuring a performance by the Black Dagger Parachute Team. 
  • 9/9 – Book signing by author Billy Waugh and Casino Night at Legacy Lodge, Lake Lanier Islands Resort. 
  • 9/10 – Wounded Warrior Honor Ride from Duluth City Hall to Lake Lanier Islands Resort.
  • 9/10 – A 9/11 Remembrance Country Music Concert at Wild Bill’s in Duluth.
  • 9/11 – Memorial Service at 9 a.m. at Peachtree Point, Lake Lanier Islands Resort.

The events, which are open to the public, raise funds to support the immediate needs of children and families of wounded and fallen U.S. Special Operations Forces. For more information, visit www.OperationOneVoice.org.

The meeting concluded with a drawing for Daniel D. Monk Memorial Stars & Stripes 5K Run/Walk T-shirts and Charlie Daniels Band concert tickets. The run/walk was sponsored by the DMA during Memorial Day Weekend.

The next DMA meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, at the Work Spot on Main Street in Duluth.

 

 

 

 

 


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