Grady Memorial Hospital

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Grady Memorial Hospital is the

The current facility was also built as a segregated institution, with one section serving whites (Wings A & B; facing the city) and another section serving African Americans (Wings C & D; facing the opposite direction). Even though it is a single building, and the two sides are connected by a hallway (Wing E), the facility was referred to in the plural ("The Gradys") during the years of segregation.[3]

In 2007 and 2008, journalist

Seven infants were abducted from Grady from 1978 to 1996, which was more than from any other hospital in the United States during that time period.[5] Five were recovered within hours or weeks of their abduction.^[6] An additional child was abducted from the home of his mother after the kidnapper followed her from Grady.^[5] The abductions were covered on season three of the podcast The Fall Line.^[7]

Problems and restructuring

The hospital board has long been reluctant to make money-saving changes that might reduce its traditional mission. In late 2006, it rejected the advice of financial consultants and its newly hired chief executive to close an expensive outpatient dialysis clinic for the poor, being concerned that many of the clinic's uninsured patients, including many undocumented immigrants, would have nowhere else to turn. Others argued that the board of directors is politically clumsy and prone to micromanagement. In May the board's own consultants concluded that "Grady does not currently have the depth of leadership" necessary to transform the hospital.

In 2008, Grady Memorial Hospital was made into a non-profit organization. Numerous foundations have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to revitalize it. Michael Young has become a chief executive officer. He was formerly the CEO of Erie County Medical Center Corp. in Western New York, University of Buffalo tertiary center. Prior to that, Young served for 16 years as president and CEO of the three-hospital, 530-bed Lancaster General Hospital & Health System in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In February 2013, it was announced that Grady's net profit was $20 million and that 200-300 jobs had been added at the hospital in the preceding 18 months.^[8]

2008 tornado

On March 14, 2008, the buildings of Grady sustained minor damage when a tornado tore through downtown Atlanta. Historic Georgia Hall was the hardest hit, with windows blown out, a collapsed chimney, and water damage. The main hospital had a few cafeteria windows blown out, but never lost power. It was the first tornado to hit the downtown area since local weather record-keeping began in the 1880s. Nine people were taken to Grady for treatment, one of whom had critical injuries.^[9][10]

Service

The hospital serves a large proportion of low-income patients and is supported almost entirely by Fulton and

In 2001, actor Whitman Mayo, who played the character Grady on television's Sanford and Son, died of a heart attack at Grady.

Grady Hospital gained national attention for treating supermodel

Bluffton University bus accident

in which seven died. The hospital cleared an entire wing of the hospital for the injured victims and their families.

In media

CNN's medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who is Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at Grady, filmed a documentary at the hospital called Grady's Anatomy (a play on Grey's Anatomy) that aired in 2007 for CNN Special Investigations Unit. The documentary focused on four young medical residents and the daily stress of a large hospital practice.

In AMC's

fifth season

in 2014. However, none of the series' scenes were filmed at the actual hospital.

See also

• Kanye West - rapper who was born at Grady.
• Brenda Lee - singer who was born at Grady.
• McKinley Belcher III - actor who was born at Grady.
• Grace Towns Hamilton
• Sanjay Gupta - associate chief of the neurosurgery service, CNN chief medical correspondent
• Tom Price - Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, who had been a resident at Grady Hospital^[15]
• Elizabeth Sharp, nurse and midwife who set up the midwife service at Grady^[16][17]

References

1. ^ "20 Largest Public Hospitals in the United States". www.beckershospitalreview.com.
2. ^ "The 50 largest public hospitals in America | 2021". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
3. ^ "Children at Grady Hospital". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
4. ^ Ga. Baptist Hires 2 Surgeons, Rejoins Atlanta Trauma System Author: KING, MIKE Mike King Science/Medicine Writer STAFF Date: December 15, 1988 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page: B/7
5. ^ ^{a b} "Where are they going, where have they been?". The Signal. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
6. ^ Suggs, Ernie; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "After Grady baby kidnapping, a full family life". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
7. ^ Wheatley, Thomas (2018-05-09). "The Fall Line: Two podcasting sleuths revisit the cases of abducted Grady newborns". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
8. ^ ^{a b} Blau, Max (February 28, 2013), How Grady Memorial Hospital skirted death, Creative Loafing Atlanta, retrieved March 1, 2013
9. ^ Friday tornado pummels downtown; Saturday storm kills 2 by Tim Eberly and Paul Shea for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
10. ^ Atlanta Tornado: The Aftermath: Landmarks Take a Hit by Rhonda Cook et al. for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 16, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
11. ^ "Emory Magazine: Autumn 2007: Critical Condition".^{[permanent dead link]}
12. ^ "Downtown Connector Reopens After Crash At Grady Curve". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
13. ^ New York Times, Margaret Mitchell Obituary, August 17, 1949.
14. ^ Tyra Banks Show, 2007.
15. ^ Herbst, A. Tom Price: Remember your roots as a Grady physician, STAT, April 10, 2017.
16. ^ "Statement on the Death of ACNM Past-President Elizabeth Sharp". American College of Nurse-Midwives. 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
17. S2CID 44062295
    . Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

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• National Park Service: Georgia Hall Archived 2005-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Atlanta city government: Hirsch Hall
• New Georgia Encyclopedia: Grady Healthcare System Archived 2005-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
• A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis
• Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
• Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine