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Founded in 1911, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is one of Georgia's largest comprehensive regional medical centers.

Phoebe is nationally recognized for clinical excellence and innovative community health programs.

From the beginning, Phoebe's mission and vision has been to bring the finest medical talent and technology to the citizens of Southwest Georgia, and to serve all citizens of the community regardless of ability to pay.

The over 300 affiliated doctors and 3,400 professional staff form a unique partnership to deliver world-class healing and prevention to our community.

A 443-bed teaching hospital, Phoebe is a regional center for cancer and cardiac medicine. The Phoebe Cancer Center is one of the busiest and most advanced in the Southeast. The Phoebe Heart Center performs more open-heart and cardiac catheterization procedures than all other hospitals in the region combined. Phoebe is one of only six designated perinatal centers in the state of Georgia and is the regions only provider of neonatal intensive care, cardiovascular surgery and radiation oncology services.

Quick Facts About Phoebe

Established: 1911
Beds: 443
Acute Care: 285
Employees: 3,400+
Payroll: $180,000,000+
Physicians on staff: 306
Inpatient Admissions: 19,434+/yr
Surgeries: 16,000+/yr
Births: 3,167+/yr
Emergency Center Visits: 63,207+/yr
Clinic Visits: 509,400+/yr
Charity/Indigent Care Provided:
$18,000,000+/yr

Phoebe offers medical-surgical care, emergency treatment, obstetrics, pediatrics, wound care, a women's health center and much more.

As a true not-for-profit community hospital, Phoebe is operated by a volunteer board drawn from the community it serves. Phoebe is constantly reinvesting in the health of Southwest Georgia through programs in prevention, education and research that go beyond the bounds of traditional medicine.

Board Members:

The recipient of the 2003 Foster-McGaw prize for excellence in community service, in 2001 Phoebe became the first hospital in America to become a three-time winner of the prestigious VHA Leadership award for excellence and in 2006 became the first ever to receive the award for a fourth time. Throughout the years Phoebe has earned several prestigious awards. To view a listing of the awards, please click here.

Phoebe is proud to be a member of several health care organizations, including the American Hospital Association (AHA), Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA), Georgia Hospital Association (GHA), and Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (GACH). These professional health care organizations encourage and promote the health and welfare of the public through the transfer of ideas, techniques and experiences to improve the quality and efficiency of delivering community-oriented health care.

Hospital Visiting Hours:

Everyone who enters the hospital must obtain a guest pass from the main information desk. Regular visiting hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Visits should be limited to 30 minutes. Visiting hours in specialty areas may vary. Check with a representative at the information desk on the first floor. Those who are 18 years of age and under - are not allowed to visit patients in the hospital.

We are located at:

417 Third Avenue
Albany, Georgia 31701
229-312-1000

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