The campus also is home to a 10,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art rehabilitation center called P.O.W.E.R. (Promotion of Wellness, Exercise and Rehab), which is dedicated entirely to restoring and maintaining health. P.O.W.E.R. offers the most advanced tools and equipment along with certified clinical professionals in various fields of therapy, including cardiac, wound, sports, speech, vestibular (balance) and occupational. Among P.O.W.E.R.’s equipment is a unique device that trains an athlete by graphically demonstrating a golf swing or basketball free throw. The device helps athletes execute their sport to the maximum. Therapy at P.O.W.E.R. also can reduce the odds for a second heart attack by strengthening heart muscles and encouraging the regeneration of blood vessels.

The general hospital on the Baptist Medical Center campus is supported with technologically sophisticated equipment that includes a cardiac intensive care unit. There also is a medical office building that was totally leased by completion, and a second building is planned for the Harris Cancer Center and other medical services.

A senior living center is being built adjacent to the hospital. Morningside will offer 146 suites that will include 80 independent-living units, 48 assisted-living suites and 18 memory-support suites for Alzheimer’s patients. Morningside is the result of a partnership between Georgia Baptist Health Care System and Nashville’s LifeTrust America, Inc.

As part of the senior-oriented continuum of care being developed by Georgia Baptist Health Care System, Baptist Medical Center offers home care, family counseling, long-term skilled care and Medicare managed care services.

In addition, the campus is home to Georgia Baptist’s second Baptist Life Flight areomedical emergency helicopter that serves north Georgia. Visitors to Lake Lanier also draw heavily on Baptist Life Flight and Baptist Medical Center for emergency medical service and treatment of boating and water sports injuries.

In addition to the sophisticated technology, Baptist Medical Center continues to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ through compassionate care. Dr. Marcus Mashburn, Jr., and his father, Marcus, Sr. and brother, Jim, established this precedent when they opened the first hospital in Forsyth County. All three men were physicians who transformed a hotel in downtown Cumming into the Mary Alice Hospital. Today, their vision has become Baptist Medical Center, the newest and most technologically advanced hospital in the state of Georgia.

Baptist Medical Center is home to a
10,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art
rehabilitation center that is entirely
 dedicated to restoring and
maintaining health.