About Us Our Services Patients Visitors Our Foundation Work Here Resources MyPortal Find a Physician Locations Contact Us Home » About Us » Our History About Us Our Mission Patient Safety Goals Our History Our Leadership Accreditations Our Physicians Awards and Honors Board of Trustees Wellstar Partnership Community Resource Directory Our Services Patients Visitors Our Foundation Work Here Resources Physicians OUR HISTORY Serving Troup County for 80 Years City-County Hospital From our beginning as the 65-bed City-County Hospital to our current status as the premier health care provider for the West Georgia and East Alabama communities, we have never lost sight of our mission — to provide exceptional, compassionate health care. Aug. 15, 1937 — City-County Hospital opens with 65 beds to serve the community of LaGrange and Troup County. 1938 — The City-County Hospital Cancer Clinic, now called the Enoch Callaway Cancer Clinic, was established with Dr. Enoch Callaway Jr. serving as the clinic’s director. 1972 — Georgia Heart Clinic, now the West Georgia Heart Clinic, opens. 1978 — West Georgia Home Care is established to treat patients in the comfort of their own homes. 1980 — Florence Hand Home, a 150-bed, skilled nursing facility, opens. 1982 — West Georgia Medical Center begins offering hospice care for people with terminal illnesses. Now known as West Georgia Hospice, this division opened Hospice LaGrange, a 16-bed hospice home, in 1996. 1998 — West Georgia Health assumes ownership of Twin Fountains Home, a 112-bed skilled nursing facility. 2000 — Vernon Woods Retirement Community, the first community of its kind in LaGrange, opens. 2008 — West Georgia Health is among the first 5 percent of U.S. hospitals to implement the electronic health record. 2009 — West Georgia Worx, an occupational medicine clinic, opens in the LaGrange Industrial Park to serve area businesses and industries. April 2010 — The West Georgia Health Women’s Health Center opens, consolidating women’s imaging services in a beautifully renovated building. June 2010 — The South Tower opens. This state-of-the-art facility includes an Intensive Care Unit, a new Heart Clinic, an expanded Emergency Department, a Level II Nursery and new Labor-Delivery-Recovery suites. 2011 — West Georgia Health creates West Georgia Physicians, to offer both primary and selected speciality care including: internal medicine, family medicine, cardiovascular care, pulmonology, surgery, urology, bariatrics and occupational medicine. Aug. 17, 2012 — West Georgia Health celebrates its 75th anniversary with the community. 2012 — West Georgia Health Wound Care opens to offer residents specialized care for wounds that are difficult to heal. April 1, 2016 — West Georgia Health officially becomes Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, committed to delivering on WellStar’s vision of world-class healthcare. *Photographs courtesy of the Troup County Archives. Share PATIENTS AND VISITORS CONTACT US LOCATIONS STAFF AND INTERNAL FOR VENDORS REMOTE SUPPORT Join Us The Joint Commission National Quality Approval Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Commission on Cancer Accreditation © Copyright 2021 WellStar West Georgia Medical Center Mobile Website