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NGMC heart center gets 2 ACE accreditations

Facility is 1st in the world to receive honor

Heart patient Owen Shaw Jr., left, talks with TRW co-workers Ricky McDaniel, center, and Terry Forrester. McDaniel and Forrester helped administer CPR to Shaw after he had a heart attack at work. He was then rushed to the cardiac unit at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he was able to recover. - photo by Tom Reed

0711ngmc3 — Heart patient Owen Shaw Jr., left, talks with TRW co-workers Ricky McDaniel, center, and Terry Forrester. McDaniel and Forrester helped administer CPR to Shaw after he had a heart attack at work. He was then rushed to the cardiac unit at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he was able to recover. - photo by Tom Reed

When Owen Shaw Jr. made an unexpected visit to Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Ronnie Green Heart Center in April, he wasn’t thinking about accreditations or how the hospital currently holds a world distinction. He was thinking about living. In April, Shaw had a heart attack while at work.