Current COVID Reporting Information 6/01/2020:

Residents Census: 47

Residents Positive for COVID: 0

Staff Positive for COVID:  4

Cumulative Reporting Information:

Residents Positive for COVID: 55

Staff Positive for COVID: 30

Our facility continues to follow the recommendations of the CDC on prevention steps. We continue to monitor residents and staff, no communal dining, social distancing, universal use of face mask, strict hand hygiene procedures, use of proper PPE, no visitors, and deep cleanings of facility by the National Guard.

Employees testing positive are not allowed to work until cleared by Employee Health using CDC guidelines.

Joe-Anne Burgin Nursing Home

Current COVID Reporting Information 5/28/2020:

Residents Census: 47

Residents Positive for COVID: 0

Staff Positive for COVID:  1

Cumulative Reporting Information:

Residents Positive for COVID: 55

Staff Positive for COVID: 26

Our facility continues to follow the recommendations of the CDC on prevention steps. We continue to monitor residents and staff, no communal dining, social distancing, universal use of face mask, strict hand hygiene procedures, use of proper PPE, no visitors, and deep cleanings of facility by the National Guard.

Employees testing positive are not allowed to work until cleared by Employee Health using CDC guidelines.

Nursing Home

·        CNA– PRN

·        LPN positions (2)—7A (Full Time)

·        LPN positions (2) —7P (Full Time)

Hospital

·        LPN—7A (Full Time)

·        LPN—7P (Full Time)

·        RN—7A (Full Time)

·        EVS—Floor Tech (Full Time)

·        EVS— (Full Time and PRN)

·        Occupational Therapist (PRN)

·        Office Assistant– Physical Therapy (Part-Time)

·        OR Tech (Part-Time)

RMA

·        Medical Assistant (Full Time)

For more details or to submit your resume, please email our HR department at cehogg@sgrmc.net or come by the hospital at 361 Randolph St. in Cuthbert to complete an application.

Albany, Ga.  – April 4, 2020 – Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center (SGRMC) in Cuthbert is currently on diversion for inpatient admissions and ambulance traffic due to available staffing. Five patients in the hospital were transferred to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany Friday. “The emergency center at SGRMC remains operational in order to stabilize and treat on an outpatient basis. Temporarily, anyone who needs to be admitted will be transferred to another appropriate hospital,” said Kim Gilman, SGRMC Chief Executive Officer.

Phoebe has provided emergency staffing, supplies and COVID-19 testing for SGRMC and the adjacent Joe-Anne Burgin Nursing Home to assist the facilities during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Late Friday, Phoebe provided rapid COVID-19 tests for all residents at the nursing home after a few began showing symptoms. “Early this morning, we received a number of positive results of asymptomatic residents and immediately worked to relocate those testing negative to another part of the facility. To ensure the safety of our staff members and residents, we have a special unit from the National Guard onsite to clean and disinfect the entire facility,” Gilman said.

With several employees unable to work while they self-isolate at home, staffing became a critical issue. “We don’t have a large staff, so even losing a few team members has a major impact on our operations. Thankfully, Phoebe has stepped in to ensure we have physicians in our emergency center and appropriate nursing coverage for the nursing home,” Gilman said.

As a reminder, visitation restrictions remain in place to protect residents and their families. “The health and safety of our residents and staff is our top priority. Therefore, during this unprecedented time, we are taking extra precautions such as suspending visitation (with certain exceptions for end-of-life care), cleaning/disinfecting surfaces multiple times a day, and following all proper isolation protocol. We are in daily communication with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and continue to carefully monitor both DPH and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines as they are updated,” Gilman said.  

While Phoebe does not own either facility, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has an agreement with the Randolph County Hospital Authority to help manage the hospital and nursing home in Cuthbert.

For updated information on COVID-19, visit www.phoebehealth.com/coronavirus and www.cdc.gov.