Fayetteville, Ga. (April 1, 2021) Sheena Lowe has had a long career in healthcare. She spent 24 years with Southern Regional Hospital and has been a unit secretary for Piedmont Fayette Hospital for 19 years. When she found out she would need surgery for a colorectal resection, as well as to remove her gallbladder and repair a herniated tear, she thought the process might be difficult and involve a complicated surgery and long recovery time. James Franklin, M.D., a surgeon at Piedmont Fayette, explained the entire process to her and stated that with robotic-assisted surgery, the incisions would be small and recovery time would be much faster.
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A Fayette County School System nurse injects an employee with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at one of 30 stations on the floor of Fayette County High School Gymnasium March 11. Photo/Cal Beverly.
UPDATED MARCH 13 Just three days after the state opened up vaccinations to school staff, over 1,800 Fayette County School System employees approximately 63 percent of the system’s workforce received their first dose of the vaccine.
Since the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Georgia in mid-December, school system employees have been anxiously awaiting their turn to get vaccinated. Their time finally came on Thursday, March 11 when Fayette County Public Schools, in partnership with Piedmont Fayette Hospital, held the first of two vaccination clinics at Fayette County High School.
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Dr. William Kilpatrick
Dr. William Heard Kilpatrick died March 4, 2021 after a prolonged respiratory illness. Dr. Kilpatrick was preceded in death by his parents, the Reverend Ebb G. Kilpatrick, Sr. and Lillie W. Kilpatrick; older brother, Reverend Ebb G. Kilpatrick, Jr.; and granddaughter, Meg Watson.
Dr. Kilpatrick was born on November 25, 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky where his father was a student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The family location changed often during those times and included Carrollton, Commerce and Atlanta.
Dr. Kilpatrick’s college was at Mercer University and medical education at the Medical College of Georgia, and OB-GYN training at Grady Memorial Hospital of Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Kilpatrick entered the private practice of OB-GYN at South Fulton Hospital in East Point, Georgia in 1964.
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This giant Valentine to Piedmont Fayette Hospital was sent by teachers and students at Cleveland Elementary School. Photo/Fayette County School System.
A grateful school community sent some special messages of love, encouragement and thanks to healthcare workers and patients at Piedmont Fayette Hospital.
Cleveland Elementary delivered an oversized “thank you” greeting card, signed by every staff member, to the hospital the Friday before Valentine’s Day. In addition to the huge card, every student at the school made their own unique card with messages of hope and encouragement to share with the hospital’s staff and patients, along with a snack and hot cocoa basket for the staff.
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