Macon Hospital’s Move Reflects Fast-Food Opposition

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May 30th, 2019

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which includes 12,000 doctors, said there are 13 states that have hospitals with contracts with McDonald’s, Wendy’s or Chick-fil-A. In its campaign against hospital fast food, the group targets facilities that have a restaurant lease close to its renewal date.

Seth Perlman / Associated Press file

A fast-food outlet at a Macon medical center is closing, the second such action at a Georgia hospital in the past three years.

This week, Navicent Health announced that a McDonald’s restaurant inside its major Macon hospital is closing. The decision follows a complaint by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed with the Macon-Bibb County Health Department.

The group said it still plans to post billboards this week near the Medical Center, Navicent Health, urging the hospital to close the McDonald’s. The current lease with the outlet ends June 11.

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