Georgia’s Largest Remaining Public Hospital Wants to Become Private
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Southeast Georgia Health System, which operates Georgia’s largest remaining public hospital, wants to restructure to become a private nonprofit corporation that would lease and operate the hospitals in Brunswick and St. Marys.
The reorganization, culminated with the signing of a lease on the two hospitals, could become fully effective in December, and would result in the system gaining new business from outside its geographic area, Carlton A. DeVooght, system vice president and general counsel told the Glynn County Commission Tuesday.
With 2,300 employees, Southeast Georgia Health System is the largest employer in Glynn County where it has 316 beds in the hospital along with a maternity center, a large outpatient treatment center and several immediate care facilities, DeVooght said
