Healthcare
in the Peachtree Region
More than just a haven for family living, Fayette and Coweta Counties are
becoming a medical mecca, drawing top-notch health care experts, modern facilities
and caring and concerned support staff. Covering the gamut from the general
practitioner to high-tech diagnostic facilities, the two-county area offers
residents a wide choice of medical care options guaranteed by the move to
the area by several of Atlanta's biggest medical facilities.
FAYETTE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
A subsidiary of Piedmont Medical Center, the 141,000 square foot, 100- bed
facility is located on 27 acres on Georgia Highway 54, west of Sandy Creek
Road, in Fayetteville. The hospital partners with Southern Regional Medical
Center and is affiliated with Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center. For
more information about Fayette Community Hospital, call (770) 719-7000.
NEWNAN HOSPITAL
In Coweta County, Newnan Hospital takes her place as the grande dame of medical
centers. Newnan Hospital opened its doors on June 1, 1925 as a 25-bed facility.
Four major constructions and renovations have moved the country hospital into
a 100-bed JCAHO licensed, private, non-profit facility with the latest in
medical technology, located at 80 Jackson Street in Newnan. For more information
concerning Newnan Hospital, call 770-253-2330.
EMORY PEACHTREE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
As the full-service hospital most convenient to I-85, Emory Peachtree Regional
maintains a 24-hour, seven day a week emergency center, respected as much
for personal attention - including the reassurance and comfort of specially
trained members of the hospital auxiliary - as for outstanding care. Emory
Peachtree Regional Hospital's modern, comfortable facility features 140-plus
beds overlooking 40 acres of park like grounds. Call 770-253-1912 for more
information.
CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL OF ATLANTA
Childen's
Hospital of Atlanta operates a satellite facility in the professional building
at the Fayette Community Hospital to cater to the needs of children on the
southside. All physicians have been trained to adhere to the basic tenet of
conservative and thorough care, putting children and their famililies first.
For more information, call 770-719-1838.
PIEDMONT PHYSICIANS
Piedmont Physicians at Peachtree City at 1000 Commerce Drive and Piedmont
Physicians Specialty Clinic at 1265 West Highway 54 in Fayetteville comprise
the Piedmont Clinic which is affiliated with Fayette Community and Piedmont
Hospital.Medical Center. Services provided by this facility include Complete
Physicals, Preventive Medicine, Medicine, School and Employment Physicals,
and Well Child Exams.
GEORGIA BAPTIST URGENT CARE
The Georgia Baptist Urgent Care Center located at 105 Yorktown Drive is open
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week to handle minor emergency medical
situations which arise among the community using on-site laboratory and ex-ray
facilities. The facility deals with worker's compensation programs, including
urine drug testing, breath alcohol testing, audiology and vision testing.
For more information call the center at 770-461-6666.
FAYETTE MEDICAL CLINIC
Founding fathers - make that doctors- Ferrol and Helen Sams are what makes
the Fayette Medical Clinic popular among generations of local residents. The
Sams have been practicing medicine in Fayette County since the early 1950s
and have been joined by their children, Ferrol Sams III and James Sams. The
main clinic office is located off Highway 54 west in Fayetteville, with outer
offices in Peachtree City, on Shakerag Hill, and on Highway 34 in Newnan.
For more information on the clinic, call 770-486-7070.
EMORY CLINIC
Bringing the venerable name of Emory to the southside, the Emory Clinic, across
from Fayette Community Hospital, provides comprehensive medical care to all
age groups and includes family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics and
gynecology, geriatrics and general out-patient surgery.
BENCHMARK WELLNESS
The Benchmark
Wellness clinic at 109 Petrol Pointe in Peachtree City introduces a new organization
for the treatment of chronic pain. The clinic uses biolectric medicine, chelation
therapy, nutrition analysis and therapy, hormone replacement, food allergy
testing and amino acid testing and therapy as alternative health care options.
For more information on the clinic, call 770-487-0029.
PAPP CLINIC
The clinic's name is an acronym formed by the first letters of the founding
doctor's last names: Dr. Joe Peniston; Dr. J.H. Arnold; Dr. Joe Parks, Jr.;
and Dr. Jack Powell, Jr. The clinic's departments include opthamology, audiology,
mammography, internal medicine, thoracic and general surgery, primary care,
orthopedics and sports medicine, as well as pediatric care and family medicine.
SOUTHERN
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Southern Regional Medical Center's resources within this area include Southern
Regional Medical Center, a 410-bed full service hospital in Riverdale; the
Riverwoods Southern Regional Psychiatric Center; two individual diagnostic
centers; CareSouth; and 11 Southern Crescent Physicians Group that provide
primary care health services.
