The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and the Etowah Area Chamber of Commerce offices can provide you with a comprehensive list of the clubs, their meeting times and officials to contact if you're interested in membership. The facility has 118 beds, a staff of more than 47 physicians offering more than 19 specialties and out-patient surgery facilities. The hospital offers a cardiac rehabilitation center, a sleep lab, diagnostic care center, diabetes center, senior life center, breast center, orthopedic rehabilitation, oncology unit, DayStar Counseling Center and childbirth preparation classes. Woods Memorial Hospital District, located in Etowah, is a county-owned facility. Services offered by Woods include home health, hospice, a regional dialysis center, a weight management program, an occupational health clinic, birthing center and a better breathing center.
Woods also operates the county's ambulance service and a nursing home.
Both Athens Regional Medical Center and Woods Memorial Hospital District have received the Tennessee Quality Award. Regional trauma centers are located at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville and Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. Both facilities offer helicopter ambulance services during crisis situations. Including Woods' McMinn Memorial Nursing Home, there are four nursing homes in McMinn County, and five agencies offer home health care services. Several assisted living centers are located in McMinn County.