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Update: NGMC Gainesville is a verified Level 1 trauma center. Here’s what that means
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An ambulance arrives Thursday Dec. 15, 2022, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center emergency entrance. - photo by Scott Rogers
Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville has been verified as a Level 1 trauma center, the Northeast Georgia Health System announced in a news release Friday, Feb. 24, making the hospital one of five state-designated Level 1 trauma centers in Georgia and the state's fourth to be nationally verified.