Under the lease agreement submitted to state regulators by NGMC’s owner, Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems, Piedmont’s hospital in Jasper, Ga., would take over operation of NGMC’s ER, physicians’ offices and imaging and outpatient surgery centers.
SunLink CEO Robert Thornton told Georgia Health News that NGMC has been losing money, as the hospital averaged about six inpatients for the past year. He said the hospital will not immediately end inpatient services, and the transition would take several months to complete.
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