This week marks one year since Wellstar Health System closed Atlanta Medical Center in the Old Fourth Ward for good. And, as the hulking hospital complex has sat vacant under a redevelopment moratorium in place since last fall, health advocates and metro-area officials continue to push for a new health facility to replace AMC.
The hospital was one of two Level 1 trauma centers in Atlanta, along with Grady Memorial Hospital — the closest medical center to the AMC site.
AMC’s shutdown is fueling increased patient volumes at Grady’s ER and other Atlanta hospitals; with nearby AMC physicians’ and other outpatient offices also closed, former AMC non-emergency patients have also dispersed to other practices.
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