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LaGrange, GA 30240

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A Thoughtful Gift for Those in Need

Our hospital gift shop, Expressions from the Heart, specializes in unique items that show you care. Our experts sort through thousands of potential gift ideas to offer you the best selection at reasonable prices. Expressions from the Heart is more than a hospital gift shop—it’s a place to find the perfect gift for someone special. The gift shop is located in the lobby of the South Tower.

Our hours of operation are 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM Monday through Friday. Our gift shop is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

At Expressions from the Heart, we offer:

  • Wide variety of gifts including seasonal items, home décor, baby gifts, children’s toys, popular fragrances, handbags and travel bags, jewelry, inspirational books, soft drinks, snacks, and much more.
  • In-store floral arrangements made with seasonal flowers are available in single bud vases, as well as medium and large arrangements.
  • Custom monogramming and vinyl personalization on items purchased in the gift shop.
  • Accessible parking at the South Tower entrance. We are located to the left of the elevators next to the Retreat Coffee Shop.
  • Gifts can be delivered, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM till 4:00 PM only. No Saturday or Sunday deliveries. All orders received after 3:30 PM during the week will be delivered the following business day. Orders received on a holiday will be delivered the next business day.

Please note - Patients must be admitted to receive deliveries. The Gift Shop does not deliver to the emergency room.

We accept phone orders during regular business hours. To place an order by phone, or for more information, please call (706) 845-3718.

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Catering to over 100 specialized diets, patients choose their meals through a diet liaison.

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The cafeteria is located in the first floor breezeway of the West Georgia Medical Center. During the week, three meals a day are served in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is open from 6:30 AM to 9:15 AM Monday through Friday for breakfast, 11:30AM to 1:30 PM for lunch, and 5:00 to 6:45 PM for dinner. No breakfast is served on weekends or holidays. In order to avoid delays for both visitors and employees, it is requested that visitors use the main cafeteria between noon and 1:30 PM for lunch. Snacks are available in the lounge adjacent to the cafeteria and in the Expressions from the Heart gift shop.

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For the health and well-being of patients, it is important to observe the following visitation guidelines.

Visitors are welcome 24 hours a day, except in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Labor and Delivery Unit and Nursery. In these designated, special care units, visitors are asked to check with the volunteer stationed in these waiting areas or to use the phone in the waiting room to check-in with the charge nurse about designated visiting hours.

The Emergency Department allows one visitor per patient in the treatment areas. Children younger than 18 may have two visitors with them. Visitation with critically ill patients will be determined by the physician or charge nurse.

No visitation is allowed in the Operating Room or Recovery Room without special permission from the physician and/or clinical supervisor.

For more information, call (706) 882-1411.

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Cheer on your loved one with Well Wishes at Wellstar West Georgia

With our Well Wishes program, you can send a heartfelt note of encouragement to your loved one receiving care at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Our volunteers will write your message on a postcard and hand-deliver it.

Submit your message using our online form here.

Become a Wellstar Volunteer

Volunteers are a vital part of the Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center community. Reassuring the apprehensive patient, bringing a warm smile to a worried visitor, sharing hope—as a volunteer you can be of help in these and countless other ways. Hundreds of people have found that volunteering as little as four hours a week enriches their own lives.

The West Georgia Medical Center Auxiliary and other organizations provide valuable services to the West Georgia Medical Center, Florence Hand Home and Twin Fountains Home patients, staff and visitors. At Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, you will find a variety of volunteer opportunities to match your skills and interests.

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West Georgia Health Foundation

West Georgia Health Foundation raises charitable donations for vital priorities at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Our current project is construction of the Center for Health & Wellbeing, which will house Outpatient Rehabilitation, a fitness center for the active aging population, a Hydroworx 2000 Aquatic Therapy Pool, a group therapy pool, an indoor/outdoor walking track, and space for group exercise and wellness classes.

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A gift to Wellstar West Georgia Health Foundation is truly a gift of hope and healing to a patient in need of your support today.

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  • Georgia Oglethorpe/Florida Sterling Award 2023
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  • IBM Watson Health's "100 Top Hospitals"
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  • Emergency Cardiac Care Center Level II by the Georgia Department of Public Health — This is the highest level that can be achieved without offering open-heart surgery, which is available through partner hospitals in our cardiovascular network.
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  • Advanced certification as a Joint Commission Primary Heart Attack Center
  • American Heart Association- Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
  • NSTEMI - Gold
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  • Stroke - Gold Plus
  • Rural Coronary Artery Disease NSTE-ACS - Silver
  • Mission: Lifeline® - STEMI Facility - GOLD
  • Mission: Lifeline® - STEMI Receiving Center - GOLD by the American Heart Association
  • Mission: Lifeline® - NSTEMI - BRONZE by the American Heart Association
  • Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Silver Plus, Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
  • Get With the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI Gold with Target Type 2 Diabetes
  • Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
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  • First to be recognized in Georgia as a Network Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
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  • Center of Excellence: Bariatric, Minimally Invasive, Robotic Surgery
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  • Level II designation by The Joint Commission for Maternal Levels of Care
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  • ANCC: Pathway to Excellence Designation
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  • Georgia Antibiotic Stewardship - Platinum Status
  • CMS: 3 stars
  • CNOR Strong 2024 - 3rd Designation
  • Department of Public Health - Honor Roll

Nursing at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

At Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, it takes a village to deliver personalized care to the community. Our healthcare heroes are more than just nurses, doctors and staff helping people overcome illnesses. We are truly friends caring for friends, family caring for family and neighbors caring for neighbors.

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Wellstar is frequently recognized for its commitment to providing world-class healthcare and excellent patient service

Georgia Trend's List of "Top Large Hospitals"

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According to Georgia Trend’s hospital rankings, we achieved high marks in more than 40 quality measures gathered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including outcomes of care, patient experience and more.

IBM Watson Health's "100 Top Hospitals"

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The Watson Health® 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies the top-performing hospitals in the US using a balanced scorecard of clinical, operational and financial metrics derived from public data.
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World-Class Resources, Personalized Care: West Georgia Cancer Treatment

Patients in West Georgia don’t need to drive to Atlanta for life-saving cancer care. The Enoch Callaway Cancer Center keeps quality care close to home and combines the resources of a large facility with the personalized, compassionate feel of a smaller location.

“One of my missions is to bring great cancer care to people close to where they live, so they can access that care much more easily,” said Wellstar Radiation Oncologist Dr. Robert Taylor. “To have Wellstar backing this world-class treatment, building this new cancer center and this fantastic team that we have, is absolutely stellar.”

At the Enoch Callaway Cancer Center at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, patients will find the latest in technology and clinical trials, paired with expert providers who care for both their physical and mental well-being.


Eliminating tumors virtually

Cutting-edge technology at the Cancer Center allows providers to target tumors using X-ray technology, keeping the journey to living cancer-free painless for patients.

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy takes about 30 minutes per treatment, with some patients requiring multiple treatments and others only needing one. It is most effective in early stage brain or lung cancer and can also be used to treat metastatic cancer.

“We’re able to use X-rays to very precisely target a tumor and literally kill that tumor inside there without the patient undergoing any surgery,” Dr. Taylor said. “Despite the name, there’s no cutting involved, and there’s no anesthesia involved.”

The patient lies on a table for the treatment, and “at the end of that 30 minutes, they will get up off that treatment table and walk out of the facility feeling the same as they did when they came in,” Dr. Taylor said.

“It’s absolutely miraculous to see people get off the table and know their brain tumor has been cured or their lung cancer has been cured,” Dr. Taylor said.

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Stroke prevention and the future of stroke care

Republished with permission of the Atlanta Business Chronicle

This article was originally published on Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 19, 2023.

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. The Georgia Department of Public Health reports the state had the 12th highest stroke death rate in the country. Georgia is also part of the “stroke belt,” an area of the southeastern United States with stroke death rates 30% higher than the rest of the nation.

As the leading — but preventable — cause of disability, stroke can happen at any age.

Stroke is a medical emergency, meaning the blood flow to an area of the brain is cut off, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. When this happens, brain cells start to die and abilities controlled by that area of the brain, such as speech or muscle control, are lost.

New drugs and new advanced treatments — such as the Tigertriever and Artemis — are helping reduce the death and disability impact of stroke, as well as comprehensive care programs and innovative hospital partnerships that expand stroke services into rural areas.

Physicians from Wellstar Health System and the CEO of a hospital in northeast Georgia joined Atlanta Business Chronicle to discuss stroke prevention and the future of stroke care.

Panelists & moderator

  • Dr. Rishi Gupta, Endovascular Neurologist and Co-Medical Director of Neuro Care
  • Dr. Ashis Tayal, Vascular Neurologist, Wellstar, Director of Neuro Care Network
  • Van Loskoski, CEO, Stephens County Hospital
  • David Rubinger, Market President & Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle; Moderator

Pictured: headshots of the panel of experts from Wellstar Health System and the CEO from a rural Georgia hospital discussing advances in stroke care.

What is stroke, screening and secondary prevention

David Rubinger: Dr. Tayal, set the stage for us about the definition of stroke.

Dr. Ashis Tayal: A stroke is a sudden injury of the brain due to blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain. Injuries to the brain and disability can vary significantly.

The most common, ischemic stroke injury, is due to obstruction of an artery that causes a loss of blood flow to a critical part of the brain which damages the brain rapidly.

The other type of stroke is hemorrhagic stroke, where there’s a rupture of an artery, bleeding into the brain, or the surfaces of the brain, and that is called an intracerebral hemorrhage or a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Rubinger: I think Americans have become a little better educated as to who’s at risk for stroke, but why don’t you walk us through that. Who would be a potential stroke candidate?

Tayal: High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the most common risk factor for both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. High blood pressure is an extremely common but controllable condition. Almost 80% of people have hypertension as they’re getting older.

Other risk factors include diabetes associated with elevated blood sugars causing accelerated blockage of arteries and high cholesterol, which can be related to diet and genetics.

Atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia that occurs as people get older, also places people at risk for the most severe and disabling types of strokes. And plaque buildup in specific arteries of the neck and brain also leads to an increased risk of stroke.

Smoking is another risk factor. Many adults still smoke despite a lot of progress in stroke treatment, and smoking puts people at risk for different types of stroke.

Rubinger: What about atmospheric things like stress and other areas like that? How does that play into it? Or do those things manifest themselves because of the other underlying physical conditions?

Tayal: I don’t view stress, in and of itself, as a risk factor for stroke. I think that’s more related to people’s environments and their own personalities and how they respond to stress. I do think people who are under undue stress can have poor lifestyle habits, and those poor lifestyle habits, whether poor eating habits, smoking, weight gain or lack of exercise, can lead to conditions that increase the risk for stroke.

Rubinger: So how is the healthcare system doing treating strokes? Do you believe that what’s going on at the primary care provider’s office is helping or do we have a way to go?

Tayal: In the United States, preventive care has improved the treatment of risk factors that lead to stroke, but communities must maintain routine checkups as many of the risk factors are silent.

There are improved treatments for hypertension, more aggressive treatment for diabetes, and more efforts at smoking cessation. Just the fact that we treat hypertension better than we did a generation ago has had a great impact on lowering the prevalence of stroke.

That being said, some of the most exciting work on stroke has often been done in the area of acute treatment of stroke with clot-busting drugs, catheter-based treatments and medications to protect the brain during an acute injury.

Rubinger: Has pharmacology gotten better in terms of the hypertension medicines that are out there? Have anti-cholesterol medicines improved in recent years?

Tayal: In the past, healthcare providers were often undertreating people with hyperlipidemia — high cholesterol — and not fully appreciating the benefits of significant reductions in cholesterol levels. For example, we’ve learned that driving cholesterol down into much lower ranges under 55 mg/dL can benefit our patients who have vascular disease as a cause for their stroke.

In the fight against high cholesterol, newer medications that prevent the absorption of cholesterol are now available. Recent developments have led to the discovery of a new underutilized class of drugs called PCSK-9 inhibitors that are highly effective.

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Commemorate Cancer Survivors Day with Wellstar

Wellstar supports people with cancer throughout their journeys, from early screenings to diagnosis to treatment. But our encouragement and dedication to delivering world-class, compassionate care doesn’t end in remission.

Across our system, Wellstar honors the bravery and strength of survivors every day, rejoicing in each milestone. This National Cancer Survivors Day, June 1, 2025, we are proud to pay tribute to the people who have conquered cancer and offer hope to those still fighting. This year’s Cancer Survivors Day theme—Strike Out Cancer—exemplifies our commitment to being a steadfast source of encouragement for cancer survivors and fighters across Georgia.

“On Cancer Survivors Day, we reflect on our patients’ journeys and cherish victories over cancer. We also offer compassion and support for people currently fighting cancer, so they and their loved ones know they’re not alone,” said Wellstar Director of Oncology Professional Practices Melissa Higdon.

Several Wellstar facilities will host events—and you can be a part of the celebration!

 

Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers in Cartersville
June 5, 2025
10 AM to 3 PM
100 Market Place Blvd., Cartersville
Contact Mary Ellen Smither at [email protected] or (678) 858-1146.

Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
May 30, 2025
12 to 2 PM     
4040 Hospital West Drive, Austell
Behind the building in the garden and parking lot area
Contact Ashley Dapremont at [email protected] or (470) 732-4523.

Wellstar Douglas Medical Center
June 7, 2025
11 AM to 2 PM
8954 Hospital Drive, Douglasville
Surgical services lobby
Contact Diane Harris at [email protected] or (470) 644-5411.

Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
June 7, 2025
11 AM to 2 PM
320 Kennestone Hospital Blvd., Marietta
First floor
Required RSVP, contact Nancy Page at [email protected] or (470) 793-7470.

Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center
June 1, 2025
2 to 4 PM
3000 Hospital Blvd., Roswell
Main lobby in hospital
Contact Sarah Bentley at [email protected] or (770) 751-2556.

Wellstar Paulding Medical Center
June 1, 2025
144 Bill Carruth Parkway, Hiram
Second floor auditorium
Contact Kellie Mitchell at [email protected] or (470) 644-8106.

Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
May 28, 2025
12 to 2 PM
Drive-thru event
608 South 8th St., Griffin
Women’s Center
Contact Sherry Connell at [email protected] or (470) 935-5526.

Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
June 6, 2025
10 AM to 12 PM
111 Medical Drive, LaGrange
Enoch Callaway Cancer Center
Contact Stephanie Hand at [email protected].

Learn more about cancer care at Wellstar.

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Published on: May 2025
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