St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital
Hours
St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Georgia, is proud to serve the people of Franklin, Hart, Stephens and
beyond by providing mission-driven, high-quality healthcare.
We offer a wide range of services including surgical services, a mother/baby unit, critical care, and 24/7 emergency
care. In partnership with our wonderful medical staff, we are able to bring you specialty services close to home.
Plus,
being part of St. Mary's Health Care System, we can provide you with access to even higher levels of care when
needed.
The fax number (706) 356-7817 is directed to the Scheduling Dept.
Hospital Features
- 56 private inpatient rooms
- Emergency Department providing services 24-hours a day, 7-days a week
- Critical care unit
- 4 surgical suites
- Mother/baby unit
- Imaging Services Department with the latest technology
- Sacred Heart
Rehab Services - Sacred
Heart Wellness Center - Georgia Peach Café - open to the public with indoor and outdoor seating
Services Offered
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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.
- Visitors are encouraged to park in the front parking lot
in front of the fountain. Parking
is
free. - Visitors arriving outside of general visiting hours
should enter and exit through the
Emergency
Center.
Use Your State Income Tax Dollars to Support Rural Hospitals
Georgia allows you to do something no other state in America does: Tell the government to use your state
income tax dollars to support rural hospitals.
Through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program, Georgia taxpayers – individual and businesses – can claim a 100
percent state income tax credit in exchange for their contribution to eligible rural hospitals.