St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Hours
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital is a 25-bed acute care critical access hospital accredited by the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, serving the Greensboro and Greater Greene County areas of East
Georgia.
We offer a wide range of services including general surgery and a 24-hour emergency department. At St. Mary's Good
Samaritan Hospital, we are able to bring you specialty services close to home, provided by a network of board
certified physicians. Access to the expertise and specialty services at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens are available
when you require care not available locally.
Effective May 5, 2023
We are now pleased to loosen mask requirements in most care settings for patients, visitors, staff, and volunteers. This decision was made in collaboration with leadership across the medical staff and other clinical areas.
General Guidelines
- Visiting hours are 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM each day.
- Visitors are permitted at this time.
- Please be respectful of the patient’s need for rest and privacy.
- 1 visitor may stay overnight in the patient’s room when capacity permits.
- Visitors are permitted in the Café and all waiting areas.
- Visitors may accompany a surgical patient at admission and can wait in the surgical
services waiting room after the patient is taken for their procedure. - Covid-19 patients are permitted 1 visitor at a time.
- The visitor must check in at the nurses’ station before entering the patient
room and are expected to wear protective equipment.
- The visitor must check in at the nurses’ station before entering the patient
Children
- Children should be age 12 or above to visit. Special exceptions may apply.
- The hospital care team may determine at any time that children cannot visit, depending
on the individual patient’s situation. - Family Birth Center siblings (of any age) may visit during regular visiting hours.
Center for Rehabilitative Medicine - Athens
- In Athens and located on the 5th floor
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Visiting hours are:
- Monday-Friday: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 12:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM
- If a visitor is disruptive to patient care or disruptive to the roommate, they
will be asked to leave the premises.
Visitor Education and Infection Control
- Visitors are asked to be healthy with no symptoms of illness.
- Please recognize signage at the entrance related to the symptoms of COVID including whom
to notify if they develop symptoms. - Follow respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette (e.g., covering mouth and nose with a
disposable tissue when coughing or sneezing) in the event the individual develops
respiratory symptoms while visiting the facility. - Visitors will be provided personal protective equipment when visiting a patient on
isolation precautions.
Patients and visitors are invited to park in the lot in front of the hospital, which is
accessible
via either the GA Hwy 44 entrance, or the Carey Station Road entrance. There is no fee for
parking.
Registration
- If you are coming on a weekday for an outpatient test or procedure or to be admitted, please
register in the main Registration area, located on the 1st Floor beside the atrium lobby.
Registration is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. - After hours – If you are arriving on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, or between 5 p.m. and 7
a.m.
on a weekday, please register in St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital's Emergency Department. - If you must come to the hospital for an emergency please go directly to St. Mary's Good
Samaritan Hospital's Emergency Department.
- The cafe is open to the public.
- The Cafe is open Monday-Friday 7am-6pm and Sunday 7am-2:30pm.
- The Cafe is closed Monday-Friday 9:30am-11am and also on weekdays 2:30pm-4:30pm.
The St. Mary's Gift Shop offers a great selection of gifts for any occasion. It is located on the
1st
Floor beside the Atrium Lobby. The Gift Shop is open Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm. The Gift
Shop
accepts all major credit cards.
Visitors are invited to use our Chapel for prayer and reflection. It is located on the 2nd Floor
of
the hospital. You can read more about, Mission Services here.
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital seeks to provide a positive experience to all who enter our
doors,
patients and visitors alike. Helping you find your way around is an important part of this
effort.
If you have any other questions, please call (706) 453-7331.
Services Offered
- Diagnostic Imaging Services
- Emergency Services
- Laboratory Services
- Medical/Surgical Nursing
- Military & Veterans (MILVET)
- Mission Services
- Outpatient Infusion Services
- Rehabilitation Services (PT, OT, SLP)
- Surgery
- Swing Bed
- Women's Health
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