Action in Georgia reflects continuing hospital mergers

A LifeNet helicopter brings a patient to the trauma unit at what is now Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Ga. The entity that controls ...

January 5, 2023
3:00 AM

A LifeNet helicopter brings a patient to the trauma unit at what is now Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Ga. The entity that controls the hospital, Augusta University Health System, has signed a letter of intent to join Wellstar Health System, based near Atlanta. (Photo by Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) ATLANTA (AP) – An Atlanta-area hospital system could take over the hospitals affiliated with Georgia's only public medical school. Augusta University Health System has signed a letter of intent to join the Marietta-based nonprofit Wellstar Health System.

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