About Us

Jefferson Hospital is a 37-bed general acute care facility providing primary medical
and surgical care to Jefferson County and the surrounding area. Jefferson Hospital
has a well-equipped emergency room, which utilizes hospital staff and contract
physicians. Support services are provided for both inpatients and outpatients and
the scope of service is consistent with the current mission of the hospital to provide
quality community-based primary health care to Jefferson and surrounding counties.

Jefferson Hospital is a member of Georgia Hospital Association's for Rural
Health and is directed by a 12 member Hospital Authority. Located at 1067
Peachtree Street in Louisville, Georgia, Jefferson Hospital is in the geographic
center of Jefferson County. Louisville is conveniently located approximately 45
miles southwest of Augusta, 88 miles east of Macon, and 120 miles northwest of
Savannah.

The primary service area of Jefferson Hospital is Jefferson County, from which come
approximately 90% of patient admissions. The remaining 10% of patients are admitted
are residents of the surrounding counties of Burke, Emanuel, Glascock, Jenkins,
Johnson, McDuffie, Richmond, Warren, and Washington Counties.

Hospital Authority of Jefferson County and the City of Louisville, a multijurisdictional

Authority constituted pursuant to O.C.G.A. 31-7-70