Piedmont Macon North Hospital, located in

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the ...

, is a General Acute Care Hospital meaning that they are able to treat and cover many different kinds of injuries and illnesses for many people. The hospital was officially recognized on 18 December 1989.

History

In 1984, the hospital was founded as Charter Northside Hospital. In 1993, Charter Northside Hospital was bought by a company called Quorum. In 1998, the hospital merged with other hospitals in Macon through the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in Georgia becoming one of nine hospitals owned by this company. The other hospitals Coliseum Northside was affiliated with were: Cartersville Medical Center, Coliseum Medical Centers, Doctors Hospital (Augusta, Georgia), Eastside Medical Center, Fairview Park Hospital, Memorial Health, Memorial Satilla Health, and Redmond Regional Medical Center. In 2005, it officially became known as Coliseum Northside Hospital to identify it with its partner Macon hospital, Coliseum Medical Center. On 11 September 2017, Greg Caples officially became the CEO of Coliseum Northside Hospital. On 11, May 2021, the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) reached an agreement to sell both Coliseum Northside Hospital and Coliseum Medical Centers to Piedmont Health based in Atlanta. Unlike HCA, Piedmont is a non-profit hospital operator. In August 2021, the sale became complete and Coliseum Northside was renamed Piedmont Macon North Hospital.

Services

Emergency Room at Coliseum Northside Hospital

Coliseum Northside Hospital offers many different kinds of services such as: * Emergency Care *

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Care * Breast Health * Lung and Respiratory *

Orthopedic Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

Care * Rehabilitation * Sleep Disorder Care *

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* Stroke Care *

Surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

including

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* Woman's Care * Wound Care The emergency rooms are open 24/7, offers treatment for all adults and children, and had space for six new beds to be added to the hospital in 2018. When it comes to their gastroenterology services, Coliseum Northside treats a wide variety of ailments such as

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Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the other type being Crohn's disease. It is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. The primary sympto ...

Crohn's disease Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms often include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, abdominal distension, and weight loss. Complications outside of the ...

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and many more. The hospital uses

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to detect cancer early. Many new technologies are offered to assist in treating patients with a

Respiratory disease Respiratory diseases, or lung diseases, are pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange difficult in air-breathing animals. They include conditions of the respiratory tract including the trachea, bronchi, ...

such as

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic thoracoscope (either 5 mm or 10 mm caliber), with or without angulated visualiz ...

. The sleep disorder center is certified by the

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and offers care for sleep disorders such as

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and

Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that impairs the ability to regulate sleep–wake cycles, and specifically impacts REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. The symptoms of narcolepsy include excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), sleep-r ...

. The advanced wound care center treats patients who have wounds that have not been healing up as quickly as they should and may utilize

Hyperbaric medicine Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an increase in barometric pressure of typically air or oxygen is used. The immediate effects include reducing the size of gas emboli and raising the partial pressures of the gases present. Initial ...

to assist in the healing process.

Classes Offered

Coliseum Northside Hospital offers a wide variety of classes on their campus alongside the classes that are also taught at the Coliseum Medical Centers. The classes offered are: *

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Defensive Driving * Pre-surgery Class * Shoulder Pain and Treatment Options * Lap-Band Support Group The AARP Defensive Driving class costs twenty dollars while the rest of the classes offered are free.

Recognition and awards

Coliseum Northside Hospital earned the 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades. They have also earned an 'A' rating in 2018 from the

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for patient safety.

References

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