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LISTEN: The federal Defense Health Agency confirmed this week that it will shift to an ambulatory and urgent care model. GPB’s Sofi Gratas has more on the move and community response.
After preliminary plans were released last fall, Pentagon officials recently announced they will end certain services at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, located at the Fort Gordon army base near Augusta.
The federal Defense Health Agency confirmed in a statement sent out this week that it plans to close the medical center’s 60 inpatient beds and shift to ambulatory care.
Operating rooms and the residential treatment center will stay open while the emergency room will become an urgent care. The DHA has not outlined a timeline for the plans…