Women's and Children's Services

womens's services and children's services at st. mary's hospital in athens, ga

Women’s Services

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As part of St. Mary's commitment to women's health, we offer you the most compassionate, advanced, state-of-the-art care available. Women's health needs are addressed throughout St. Mary's Health Care System. At St. Mary's you will find

  • The region's most spacious Family Birth Center, where most women can labor, deliver, recover and complete their post-partum stay in one room
  • A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with cutting-edge technology, hotel-quality amenities and compassionate care. Our team of experienced professionals specializes in caring for patients ranging from critically ill premature infants to full-term infants with minor illnesses.
  • Advanced digital imaging capabilities in our Women's Imaging Center, including mammography, MRI-guided breast biopsy, CT, ultrasound and a knowledgeable, compassionate breast health nurse.
  • Convenient and private mammography, bone density and ultrasound services at St. Mary's Outpatient Diagnostic, Rehab and Wellness Center.
  • Dedicated unit for women's urology and gynecology services, with the capability of performing numerous outpatient procedures through the Women's Center so that you can come in, receive the treatment you need and be released to relax and recuperate in the comfort of your own home - all in the same day.

Children’s Services

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Staff members and specialists at St. Mary’s Clute Barrow Nelson Children’s Center are dedicated to working with your child’s physicians to provide compassionate, age-appropriate care in a friendly healing environment. St. Mary’s staff understands how upsetting a hospital visit can be to your child – and to you – and works to communicate clearly and calmly, to control pain, and to give comfort and reassurance to both your child and you.

If your child needs urgent care, St. Mary’s Emergency Department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is and attuned to the needs of children, from staff trained in Pediatric Advanced Life Support to IV needles specially made to work in a child’s small blood vessels. St. Mary’s also meets the health care needs of children in diverse areas ranging from outpatient surgery to diabetes counseling to rehabilitation to home health care.