The Georgia COVID-19 Emotional Support Line, 1-866-399-8938, provides 24/7 free and confidential assistance to callers needing emotional support or resource information as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emotional Support Line is staffed by volunteers, including mental health professionals and others who have received training in crisis counseling.

• Memorial Hospital & Manor will be closing the COVID-19 drive through.  The last day for drive through testing will be October 15, 2021.  The need for this transition was decided upon based on the collection volume declining.  We will continue to set up appointment times for symptomatic patients needing COVID-19 sample collections.  Symptomatic patients that are given a physician/provider order for COVID-19 testing can call the Laboratory at 229-243-6188 to set up an appointment for sample collection to be performed outside of Memorial Hospital and Manor Monday through Friday from 1pm to 3pm.
• Preoperative and asymptomatic patients needing COVID-19 PCR testing will continue to be collected in the outpatient Laboratory inside the hospital along with any other lab work ordered.
• Testing is also available through the local Health Department Region 8-2, 6 days a week.  No order is required and testing is free.  Appointments can be made by calling 229-352-6567.  The COVID collection schedule is also available online at http://southwestgeorgiapublichealth.org,

Please follow the link below to review the Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report.

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Here’s what you need to know if you have a Same Day Surgery procedure scheduled with us:

1. Surgery patients will be tested for Covid-19 four to five days prior to day of procedure.
2. Self-isolation will be required for all surgery patients after Covid-19 testing.
3. Surgery patients undergoing an elective procedure who test positive will be rescheduled and retested again prior to their procedure, if appropriate.
4. Appointments will be staggered to limit the number of patients in a waiting room.
5. Masks are mandatory for patients upon entry to hospital.
6. Enter the facility through the Radiology entrance where you should be met by staff. If a Same Day or OB Nurse is not present, please ring the bell for entry.
7. Staff will accompany you to either the Same Day Surgery Department or Kirbo Women’s Center for gynecological procedures.
8. Thank you for complying  with our Healthy Visitor Policy and have only one healthy visitor for your surgical procedure.
9. Preoperative assessments will be completed by phone when possible. If a facility visit is necessary for your pre-op, an appointment will be set up for you. Please enter through the Radiology entrance for your assessment and register at the front entrance of the hospital. A SDS nurse will meet you at the front lobby to complete the preoperative assessment.
10. Thank you for choosing us for your care.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is your source for everything Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) related. Click here https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html  to learn more information about how to protect and care for yourself with Coronavirus.