On Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Grady Health System President and CEO John Haupert shared the system’s plans to open two new outpatient centers serving central and south Fulton County.
The centers will join several others across Fulton and DeKalb counties, and follows Wellstar Health System’s closure of two hospitals last year – leaving Grady as the only Level 1 trauma center in both counties.
“We didn’t have a whole lot of notice about the closures,” said Haupert, who added that Grady was able to recruit some of Wellstar’s staff to meet increased demand.
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