Healthcare

The core of Evans County’s healthcare system is Evans Memorial Hospital, a licensed 49 bed, acute care hospital offering an exceptional range of medical services.  Recognized with top honors by Hometown Health as the 2005 Hospital of the Year for it’s high quality care and service to patients, Evans Memorial is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Active staff members include family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology.  Facilities are provided for the many sub-specialists who visit from Savannah and Statesboro.  Some of these specialty services include allergy and asthma, cardiology, dermatology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, podiatry, pulmonology/sleep disorder and urology.  For more information contact Administrator Martha Tatum at mtatum@evansmemorialhospital.org or (912-739-5000.

The Jack Strickland Rehabilitation Center, located across the street from the hospital, is a fully equipped center (including aqua  therapy), staffed by physical, occupational, speech and massage therapists.  For more information contact Wellness Specialist Christina Grams  at cgrams@evansmemorialhospital.org or (912) 739-5025.

There are two assisted living facilities in the Evans County Community.  NorthSpring Assisted Living (a licensed 19 bed facility) and The Griffin House (a licensed 10 bed facility with a 14 bed separate Alzheimer’s unit).  Both facilities promote healthy living and active life styles through supportive, extended, and respite care to senior adults.  For more information contact owner/operator Jill Griffin at jillgrif@bellsouth.net; (912) 739-4000 or visit www.northspringassitedliving.com.

Camellia Health and Rehabilitation Center is a fully accredited, 83 bed nursing home facility with a separate Alzheimer’s unit and two attending physicians.  For more information contact Administrator Janean Coe at jcoe@ethicahealth.org. or (912) 739-2245.

Hospice support for the terminally ill, as well as home health agencies, for those requiring specific in-home assistance and care, are available.  For more information on Hospice contact Rosemary Serio, Pearls of Life Hospice at poflife@bellsouth.net or (912) 739-4933.  For more information on home health care contact CareOne Home Health at www.memorialhealth.com (click on CareOne link) or (912) 537-9004.

The Evans County Health Department provides a number of services to the citizens of our area.  For more information contact Nurse/Manager Jan Massey at www.sehdph.org  (click on “Counties” then click on “Evans) or (912) 739-2088.

Health & Well-Being Consultative Services, (“The Helping Place”) offers varying forms of therapeutic services, group interventions, assessments and evaluations, life skills training, substance abuse prevention and sexual abuse therapy among others.  For more information on “The Helping Place, contact Director Kimberly McMichael at www.geocities.com/helpingplace  or (912) 739-1185.

Chamber Member Physicians

Atekha Nephrology Clinic
Courage Atekha, MD
606 Zetterower Avenue, Suite 300
Statesboro, Ga 30458
(912) 764-8396
harrisonl@frontiernet.net
Southern Medical Group
Glen Dasher, MD
Randy Hawkins, MD
Loy Cowart, MD
Will McVay, MD
Paul Thompson, MD
Jesse Scott, MD
501 E. Long St. (PO Box 217)
Claxton Ga 30417
(912) 739-8001
rhondarsmg@bellsouth.net
Chatham Othopedic Associates
Mark Jenkins, DO
4425 Paulsen St.,
Savannah Ga 31405
601 E Long St Claxton, Ga. 30417
(912) 355-6615
Surgical Associates
Dr. H. Kyle Parks, MD
604A E. Long St (PO Box 518)
Claxton Ga. 30417
(912) 739-7710
Georgia Eye Institute, Inc.
Thomas B. Dunham, OD
8395 US Highway 301N
Riverside Plaza, Suite 6
Claxton Ga. 30417
(912) 739-4031
dunhath1@memorialhealth.com
The Women's Center
Dr. Ramundo V. Teheng, MD
Dr. Barbara Williams, DO
602 E. Long St. (PO Box 508)
Claxton Ga 30417
(912) 739-2509

Chamber Member Dentist

Paul J. LaSala, DMD, PC
101 Daniel St. (PO Box 747)
Claxton Ga. 30417
(912) 739-4313
Robert R. Miller, DMD, PC
209 W. Liberty Street
Claxton Ga 30417
(912) 739-1595
crystal@bellsouth.net

Chamber Member Pharmacies

Kemp's Pharmacy
Harold Kemp
107 S. Duval St. (PO Box 97)
Claxton Ga 30417
(912) 739-2754
The Drug Store
Mike Tootle
305 E. Long St. (PO Box 577)
Claxton, Ga. 30417
(912) 739-9393
thedrugstore@bellsouth.net